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Case Reports
. 2020 Nov;47(6):849-851.
doi: 10.1017/cjn.2020.117. Epub 2020 Jun 4.

COVID-19 Presenting With Thalamic Hemorrhage Unmasking Moyamoya Angiopathy

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COVID-19 Presenting With Thalamic Hemorrhage Unmasking Moyamoya Angiopathy

Ritwik Ghosh et al. Can J Neurol Sci. 2020 Nov.
No abstract available

Keywords: COVID-19; Moyamoya angiopathy; SARS-CoV2; Thalamus.

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Figure 1:
Figure 1:
Contrast-enhanced magnetic resonance imaging of brain revealing non-enhancing focal altered intensity, which is hypointense in axial-T2 (A), coronal-T2 (B), and axial-fluid-attenuated inversion recovery (C) with signal blooming in axial-gradient echo sequences (D) at left thalamic area with perilesional edema and mass effect over third ventricle and associated intraventricular extension, suggestive of acute left thalamic intracerebral hemorrhage.
Figure 2:
Figure 2:
Digital subtraction angiography. Lateral projection displaying a moderately stenosed supra-clinoid left internal carotid artery (A), with well-developed extensive dense collaterals suggestive of moyamoya angiopathy. Antero-posterior projections displaying moderately stenosed supra-clinoid right (B) and left (C) internal carotid arteries, including M1 and A1 segments, along with well-developed extensive dense collaterals suggestive of moyamoya angiopathy.

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