Abstract Background Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) has spread rapidly worldwide since the first cases were observed in Wuhan, China. Patients with COVID-19 develop multiple neurological symptoms, including headache, disturbed consciousness, and paresthesia, in addition to systemic and respiratory symptoms. Case presentation We presented a 57-year-old woman admitted to the emergency department – in December 2020 – with complaints of slurred speech, confusion, and left upper limb weakness after one week of positive nasopharyngeal swab sample SARS-CoV-2. Conclusions While the patient had previous comorbidities like hypertension and diabetes, she had no prior history of ischemic stroke or thrombosis, so we conclude that unilateral acute basal ganglia infarction may be a unique neurological manifestation after COVID-19 infection in an elderly patient with previous comorbidities.
【저자키워드】 COVID-19, Case report, basal ganglia infarction, neurological manifestation, hematological characters, 【초록키워드】 SARS-CoV-2, Coronavirus disease 2019, thrombosis, stroke, Comorbidities, Comorbidity, diabetes, headache, hypertension, Spread, COVID-19 infection, Patient, Neurological symptoms, neurological, Infarction, respiratory symptoms, upper limb, Confusion, weakness, positive, nasopharyngeal swab sample, while, Wuhan, China, develop, the patient, addition, unique, had no, ganglia, with COVID-19, 【제목키워드】 COVID-19 infection, Infarction, basal, ganglia,