Cerebral Venous Sinus Thrombosis in COVID-19 Patients: A Multicenter Study and Review of Literature.


Journal

Journal of stroke and cerebrovascular diseases : the official journal of National Stroke Association
ISSN: 1532-8511
Titre abrégé: J Stroke Cerebrovasc Dis
Pays: United States
ID NLM: 9111633

Informations de publication

Date de publication:
Jun 2021
Historique:
received: 25 01 2021
revised: 23 02 2021
accepted: 28 02 2021
pubmed: 21 3 2021
medline: 14 5 2021
entrez: 20 3 2021
Statut: ppublish

Résumé

COVID-19 infection has been known to predispose patients to both arterial and venous thromboembolic events such as deep venous thrombosis, pulmonary embolism, myocardial infarction, and stroke. A few reports from the literature suggest that Cerebral Venous Sinus Thrombosis (CVSTs) may be a direct complication of COVID-19. To review the clinical and radiological presentation of COVID-19 positive patients diagnosed with CVST. This was a multicenter, cross-sectional, retrospective study of patients diagnosed with CVST and COVID-19 reviewed from March 1, 2020 to November 8, 2020. We evaluated their clinical presentations, risk factors, clinical management, and outcome. We reviewed all published cases of CVST in patients with COVID-19 infection from January 1, 2020 to November 13, 2020. There were 8 patients diagnosed with CVST and COVID-19 during the study period at 7 out of 31 participating centers. Patients in our case series were mostly female (7/8, 87.5%). Most patients presented with non-specific symptoms such as headache (50%), fever (50%), and gastrointestinal symptoms (75%). Several patients presented with focal neurologic deficits (2/8, 25%) or decreased consciousness (2/8, 25%). D-dimer and inflammatory biomarkers were significantly elevated relative to reference ranges in patients with available laboratory data. The superior sagittal and transverse sinuses were the most common sites for acute CVST formation (6/8, 75%). Median time to onset of focal neurologic deficit from initial COVID-19 diagnosis was 3 days (interquartile range 0.75-3 days). Median time from onset of COVID-19 symptoms to CVST radiologic diagnosis was 11 days (interquartile range 6-16.75 days). Mortality was low in this cohort (1/8 or 12.5%). Clinicians should consider the risk of acute CVST in patients positive for COVID-19, especially if neurological symptoms develop.

Sections du résumé

BACKGROUND BACKGROUND
COVID-19 infection has been known to predispose patients to both arterial and venous thromboembolic events such as deep venous thrombosis, pulmonary embolism, myocardial infarction, and stroke. A few reports from the literature suggest that Cerebral Venous Sinus Thrombosis (CVSTs) may be a direct complication of COVID-19.
OBJECTIVE OBJECTIVE
To review the clinical and radiological presentation of COVID-19 positive patients diagnosed with CVST.
METHODS METHODS
This was a multicenter, cross-sectional, retrospective study of patients diagnosed with CVST and COVID-19 reviewed from March 1, 2020 to November 8, 2020. We evaluated their clinical presentations, risk factors, clinical management, and outcome. We reviewed all published cases of CVST in patients with COVID-19 infection from January 1, 2020 to November 13, 2020.
RESULTS RESULTS
There were 8 patients diagnosed with CVST and COVID-19 during the study period at 7 out of 31 participating centers. Patients in our case series were mostly female (7/8, 87.5%). Most patients presented with non-specific symptoms such as headache (50%), fever (50%), and gastrointestinal symptoms (75%). Several patients presented with focal neurologic deficits (2/8, 25%) or decreased consciousness (2/8, 25%). D-dimer and inflammatory biomarkers were significantly elevated relative to reference ranges in patients with available laboratory data. The superior sagittal and transverse sinuses were the most common sites for acute CVST formation (6/8, 75%). Median time to onset of focal neurologic deficit from initial COVID-19 diagnosis was 3 days (interquartile range 0.75-3 days). Median time from onset of COVID-19 symptoms to CVST radiologic diagnosis was 11 days (interquartile range 6-16.75 days). Mortality was low in this cohort (1/8 or 12.5%).
CONCLUSIONS CONCLUSIONS
Clinicians should consider the risk of acute CVST in patients positive for COVID-19, especially if neurological symptoms develop.

Identifiants

pubmed: 33743411
pii: S1052-3057(21)00136-1
doi: 10.1016/j.jstrokecerebrovasdis.2021.105733
pmc: PMC7931726
pii:
doi:

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Journal Article Multicenter Study Observational Study

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eng

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Auteurs

Mohamad Abdalkader (M)

Department of Radiology, Boston Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts, USA. Electronic address: mohamad.abdalkader@bmc.org.

Shamsh P Shaikh (SP)

Department of Neurology, Boston Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.

James E Siegler (JE)

Department of Neurosurgery, Boston Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.

Anna M Cervantes-Arslanian (AM)

Department of Neurology, Boston Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts, USA; Department of Neurology, Cooper University Hospital, Camden, New Jersey, USA.

Cristina Tiu (C)

Department of Neurology, Elias University Emergency Hospital, Bucharest, Romania.

Razvan Alexandru Radu (RA)

Department of Neurology, Elias University Emergency Hospital, Bucharest, Romania.

Vlad Eugen Tiu (VE)

Department of Neurology, Elias University Emergency Hospital, Bucharest, Romania.

Dinesh V Jillella (DV)

Department of Neurology, Emory University Hospital, Atlanta, Georgia, USA.

Ossama Yassin Mansour (OY)

Department of Neurology, Alexandria University School of Medicine, Alexandria, Egypt.

Víctor Vera (V)

Department of Radiology, Hospital Clínic de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain.

Ángel Chamorro (Á)

Department of Radiology, Hospital Clínic de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain.

Jordi Blasco (J)

Department of Radiology, Hospital Clínic de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain.

Antonio López (A)

Department of Radiology, Hospital Clínic de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain.

Mudassir Farooqui (M)

Department of Neurology, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa, USA.

Lauren Thau (L)

Department of Neurosurgery, Boston Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.

Ainsley Smith (A)

Department of Neurosurgery, Boston Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.

Santiago Ortega Gutierrez (SO)

Department of Neurosurgery, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa, USA.

Thanh N Nguyen (TN)

Department of Radiology, Boston Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts, USA; Department of Neurology, Boston Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts, USA; Department of Neurology, Cooper University Hospital, Camden, New Jersey, USA.

Tudor G Jovin (TG)

Department of Neurosurgery, Boston Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.

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