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<Articles JournalTitle="Case Reports in Clinical Practice">
  <Article>
    <Journal>
      <PublisherName>Tehran University of Medical Sciences</PublisherName>
      <JournalTitle>Case Reports in Clinical Practice</JournalTitle>
      <Issn>2538-2683</Issn>
      <Volume>5</Volume>
      <Issue>S1</Issue>
      <PubDate PubStatus="epublish">
        <Year>2021</Year>
        <Month>03</Month>
        <Day>07</Day>
      </PubDate>
    </Journal>
    <title locale="en_US">The Possible Associaton Between Cerebral Venous Thrombosis and COVID-19 Infecton in a Patent WithSickle Cell Disease: A Case Report</title>
    <FirstPage>19</FirstPage>
    <LastPage>22</LastPage>
    <AuthorList>
      <Author>
        <FirstName>Athena</FirstName>
        <LastName>Sharif Razavi</LastName>
        <affiliation locale="en_US">Clinical Research Development Unit of Bou-Ali Sina Hospital, Mazandaran University of Medical Science, Sari, Iran.</affiliation>
      </Author>
      <Author>
        <FirstName>Narges</FirstName>
        <LastName>Karimi</LastName>
        <affiliation locale="en_US">Associate Professor of Neurology, School of Medicine, Immunogenetics Research Center, Toxoplasmosis Research Center, Clinical Research Development Unit of Bou Ali Sina Hospital, Mazandaran University of Medical Sciences, Sari, Iran.</affiliation>
      </Author>
    </AuthorList>
    <History>
      <PubDate PubStatus="received">
        <Year>2020</Year>
        <Month>09</Month>
        <Day>01</Day>
      </PubDate>
      <PubDate PubStatus="accepted">
        <Year>2020</Year>
        <Month>10</Month>
        <Day>18</Day>
      </PubDate>
    </History>
    <abstract locale="en_US">Background: The most common symptom of the novel Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) infection is fever and dyspnea that leads to hypoxia in severe cases. Some COVID-19 patients experience neurological symptoms, including ischemic stroke and intracerebral hemorrhage. Sickle Cell Disease (SCD) is a hypercoagulable state, however, it has not been approved as a significant cause of Cerebral Venous Thrombosis (CVT).&#xA0;
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Case presentation: In this case report, we described CVT in an SCD patient who had COVID-19, as well. We reported a 32-year-old man with a history of sickle cell anemia presented with left hemiparesis, headache, and seizure. After evaluation of the patient, CVT accompanied by COVID-19 infection was diagnosed. He was treated with intravenous unsaturated heparin, antiepileptic drugs, and antiviral agents with a favorable outcome. Based on our knowledge, this is the first case study to describe an association between CVT and COVID-19 infection in a patient with SCD.
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Conclusion: During the recent pandemic, vaso-occlusive attacks in SCD patients can be evaluated for COVID-19 as an etiological factor.</abstract>
    <web_url>https://crcp.tums.ac.ir/index.php/crcp/article/view/404</web_url>
    <pdf_url>https://crcp.tums.ac.ir/index.php/crcp/article/download/404/385</pdf_url>
  </Article>
</Articles>
