COVID-19 Associated Cerebral Infarction in an Elderly Patient: A Case Report

Abstract

Background: The 2019 Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2) was initially declared as a health emergency by the World Health Organization, which eventually progressed to a pandemic. To date, more than 213,752,662 people worldwide have been infected by SARS-CoV-2, resulting in 4,459,381 deaths. Various clinical characteristics and studies have been described regarding SARS-CoV-2. Case Presentation: There are very few reports about cases of patients with a COVID-19 infection accompanied by cerebral infarction. In this report, we present the case of a 74-year-old patient who was infected with SARS-CoV-2 in late January and later developed a cerebral infarction. Following appropriate treatment, the patient recovered and was discharged from hospital on April 3, 2020. Follow-up after 10 months revealed that the patient was living a normal life without any obvious sequelae. Conclusions: This paper presents the management and treatment of an elderly patient who suffered from COVID-19 associated with a cerebral infarction. Following discharge from Huangshi Central Hospital, the patient lived a normal life without any clinical sequelae. We believe that the early introduction of traditional Chinese medicine played an important role in the treatment of COVID-19. We aim to spread awareness on COVID-19 and to suggest a therapy for COVID-19 patients with a concomitant cerebral infarction.