Research Article: Thrombectomy of an Acute Ischemic Stroke in a Child with COVID-19 and MIS-C: Case Analysis and Literature Context
Abstract:
We describe a very young child who developed an acute ischemic stroke from a LAO, while affected by COVID-19 and MIS-C, and whom we treated successfully with thrombectomy. We compare his clinical and imaging findings with those of the existing case reports, and we explore the multifactorial nature of such a neurovascular complication, particularly in the context of the most recent publications regarding the multifactorial endothelial derangements produced by the illness.
Introduction:
While most children with coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) are asymptomatic or experience only mild symptoms that seldom require hospitalization, multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children (MIS-C) is a rare but serious post-infectious inflammatory condition, with a “Kawasaki-like” course and multiorgan dysfunction that can rapidly complicate the progression of the original illness [1,2,3,4,5,6]. Acute COVID-19 infection in adults has been associated with high rates of thromboembolic events, including ischemic…
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