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cord-317002-jcjenti0	Francesco, Garaci	Venous cerebral thrombosis in COVID-19 patient	2020-05-01		.txt	text/plain	663	49	44	We report the description of a patient with COVID-19 who developed thrombosis of the superior vena cava, pulmonary artery and deep intracerebral venous thrombosis . This case demonstrates that extending imaging from the chest to the brain district can be useful in identifying possible associated complications in COVID-19 patients. DIC is a severe complication in COVID-19 patients and it has been related to poor prognosis and increased mortality (71.4% of patient who die of COVID-19) (2) . In the present case the DIC seems to be a late complication of COVID-19 infection, probably related prolonged inflammatory response with imbalance of immunochemical mediators with presumable endothelial damage and systemic vasculitis considering the second negative nasopharyngeal swab specimen in our patient. Abnormal coagulation parameters are associated with poor prognosis in patients with novel coronavirus pneumonia Although arterial ischemic strokes may be associated in COVID-19 patients this case demonstrates that venous cerebral thrombosis should be rule out in patients with neurological symptoms	./cache/cord-317002-jcjenti0.txt	./txt/cord-317002-jcjenti0.txt