Non-Aneurysmal Subarachnoid Hemorrhage in COVID-19: A Case Report and Review of Literature
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Abstract
Background: Hemorrhagic cerebrovascular events, either due to aneurysmal rupture or spontaneous subarachnoid hemorrhage (SAH), are not rare in COVID-19. Several mechanisms such as coagulopathy, cytokine storm, viral endotheliopathy, hypertension, and immune modulation might play a role in the pathogenesis of SAH in COVID-19. This study aimed to report the first case of spontaneous non-aneurysmal SAH associated with SARS-CoV-2 from India. We briefly discussed the possible pathogenetic mechanisms underlying this process and succinctly reviewed the relevant literature.
Case report: We herein report a case of a non-comorbid young woman infected with SARS-CoV-2 presenting with thunderclap headache and eventually non-aneurysmal SAH, who recovered with conservative management.
Conclusion: Headache, although a very common clinical feature of COVID-19 itself, must be investigated in detail to identify alternate causes that may be life-threatening. This case also incites further enquiry into the possible pathogenic mechanisms of neurovascular complications in COVID-19.
Keywords:
Neuro-COVID, subarachnoid hemorrhage, COVID-19, endotheliitis, coagulopathy
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GHOSH, Ritwik et al.
Non-Aneurysmal Subarachnoid Hemorrhage in COVID-19: A Case Report and Review of Literature.
Medical Research Archives, [S.l.], v. 10, n. 1, jan. 2022.
ISSN 2375-1924.
Available at: <https://esmed.org/MRA/mra/article/view/2673>. Date accessed: 16 apr. 2024.
doi: https://doi.org/10.18103/mra.v10i1.2673.
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Case Reports
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3. Ghosh R, Roy D, Sengupta S, Benito-León J. Autonomic dysfunction heralding acute motor axonal neuropathy in COVID-19. J Neurovirol. 2020;26(6):964-966
4. Ghosh R, Dubey S, Kanti Ray B, Chatterjee S, Benito-León J. COVID-19 presenting with thalamic hemorrhage unmasking moyamoya angiopathy. Can J Neurol Sci. 2020;47(6):849-851
5. Ghosh R, Roy D, Mandal A, et al. Cerebral venous thrombosis in COVID-19. Diabetes Metab Syndr. 2021;15:1039–1045.
6. Dakay K, Kaur G, Gulko E. Reversible cerebral vasoconstriction syndrome and dissection in the setting of COVID-19 infection. J Stroke Cerebrovasc Dis. 2020;29(9):105011.
7. Ghosh R, Roy D, Roy D, et al. A Rare Case of SARS-CoV-2 infection associated with pituitary apoplexy without comorbidities. J Endocr Soc. 2021;5(3):bvaa203.
8. Dogra S, Jain R, Cao M, et al. Hemorrhagic stroke and anticoagulation in COVID-19. J Stroke Cerebrovasc Dis. 2020;29(8):104984.
9. Trejo-Gabriel-Galán JM. Stroke as a complication and prognostic factor of COVID-19. Ictus como complicación y como factor pronóstico de COVID-19. Neurologia (Engl Ed). 2020;35(5):318-322.
10. Cezar-Junior AB, Faquini S IV, Silva JLJ, et al. Subarachnoid hemorrhage and COVID-19: Association or coincidence? Medicine (Baltimore). 2020;99(51):e23862.
11. Avci A, Yesiloglu O, Avci BS, et al. Spontaneous subarachnoidal hemorrhage in patients with Covid-19: case report. J Neurovirol. 2020;Oct;26(5):802-804.
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13. Zulfiqar AA, Lorenzo-Villalba N, Hassler P, Andrès E. Immune Thrombocytopenic purpura in a patient with Covid-19. N Engl J Med. 2020;382(18):e43.
14. Muehlschlegel S. Subarachnoid Hemorrhage. Continuum (Minneap Minn). 2018;24(6):1623-1657.
15. Tonomura Y, Kataoka H, Yata N, Kawahara M, Okuchi K, Ueno S. A successfully treated case of herpes simplex encephalitis complicated by subarachnoid bleeding: a case report. J Med Case Rep. 2010 Sep 22;4:310.
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18. Gogia B, Fang X, Rai P. Intracranial hemorrhage in a patient with COVID-19: possible explanations and considerations. Cureus. 2020;12(8):e10159.
19. Rustemi O, Raneri F, Iannucci G, Volpin L, Segna A. Aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage in a SARS-CoV-2 positive testing: casual or causal? Br J Neurosurg. 2020 July 2:1–2.
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24. Melegari G, Rivi V, Zelent G, et al. Mild to Severe Neurological Manifestations of COVID-19: Cases Reports. Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2021;18(7):3673.
25. Sabayan B, Moghadami M, Assarzadegan F, et al. COVID-19 Respiratory illness and subsequent Cerebrovascular events, the initial iranian experience. J Stroke Cerebrovasc Dis. 2021;30(1):105454.
26. Harrogate S, Mortimer A, Burrows L, et al. Non-aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage in COVID-19. Neuroradiology. 2021;63(1):149-152.
27. Mishra S, Choueka M, Wang Q, et al. Intracranial hemorrhage in COVID-19 Patients. J Stroke Cerebrovasc Dis. 2021;30(4):105603.
28. Basirjafari S, Rafiee M, Shahhosseini B, Mohammadi M, Aghayari Sheikh Neshin S, Zarei M. Association of pediatric COVID-19 and subarachnoid hemorrhage. J Med Virol. 2021;93(2):658-660.
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