1. Bilateral posterior cerebral artery territory infarction in a SARS-Cov-2 infected patient: discussion about an unusual case.
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Bonardel C, Bonnerot M, Ludwig M, Vadot W, Beaune G, Chanzy B, Cornut L, Baysson H, Farines M, Combes I, Macheda G, and Bing F
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- Adenosine Monophosphate analogs & derivatives, Adenosine Monophosphate therapeutic use, Alanine analogs & derivatives, Alanine therapeutic use, Antiviral Agents therapeutic use, COVID-19, Coronavirus Infections diagnosis, Coronavirus Infections drug therapy, Coronavirus Infections virology, Diagnosis, Differential, Fatal Outcome, Host-Pathogen Interactions, Humans, Infarction, Posterior Cerebral Artery diagnostic imaging, Infarction, Posterior Cerebral Artery therapy, Male, Middle Aged, Pandemics, Pneumonia, Viral diagnosis, Pneumonia, Viral drug therapy, Pneumonia, Viral virology, Predictive Value of Tests, Risk Factors, SARS-CoV-2, Thrombolytic Therapy, Treatment Outcome, COVID-19 Drug Treatment, Betacoronavirus pathogenicity, Coronavirus Infections complications, Infarction, Posterior Cerebral Artery complications, Pneumonia, Viral complications
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In time of SARS-Cov2 pandemic, neurologists need to be vigilant for cerebrovascular complications of Covid-19. We present a case of bilateral occipito-temporal infarction revealed by a sudden cortical blindness with haemorrhagic transformation after intravenous thrombolysis in a diabetic patient infected by Covid-19. Differential diagnoses are discussed in front of this unusual presentation and evolution., Competing Interests: Declaration of Competing Interest The authors report no disclosures. Informed consent for publication has been signed by the wife of the patient., (Copyright © 2020 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.)
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- 2020
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