Internal medicine

Radiology

Pediatrics

Disease

Weakness

Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19)

Infectious disease (medical specialty)

Outbreak

Cardiology

Surgery

Virology

Presentation (obstetrics)

Coronavirus

Venous thrombosis

Thrombosis

Guillain-Barre syndrome

Cerebral venous sinus thrombosis

2019-20 coronavirus outbreak

Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2)

Medicine

European Journal of Case Reports in Internal Medicine

Coronavirus disease 19 (COVID-19) is caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). We describe the case of a 59-year-old man who presented with headache, hypertension and a single episode of fever with no other symptoms. He subsequently developed unilateral weakness. Computer tomography identified a cerebral venous sinus thrombosis (CVST). A subsequent test for COVID-19 was positive. This is the first report of CVST as a presenting symptom of COVID-19 infection.

Cerebral Venous Sinus Thrombosis as a Presentation of COVID-19