Response to Letter to the Editor

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This is in response to the question asked by the author of the manuscript entitled “Comments on Coronavirus Positive Patients Presenting with Stroke-Like Symptoms”. Comments on coronavirus positive patients presenting with stroke-like symptomsJournal of Stroke and Cerebrovascular DiseasesVol. 30Issue 7PreviewWe read with interest the short communication entitled “Coronavirus Positive Patients Presenting with Stroke-Like Symptoms”,1 it was a case series on stroke presentation over COVID-19 patients. We are particularly interested on patient 10, the one and only one central retinal artery occlusion (CRAO) case secondary to occlusive thrombus in the internal carotid artery (ICA), who was also highlighted by the authors. CRAO is a blinding ocular emergency, and a harbinger of ischemic cerebrovascular stroke. Full-Text PDF Coronavirus Positive Patients Presenting with Stroke-Like SymptomsJournal of Stroke and Cerebrovascular DiseasesVol. 30Issue 4PreviewSeveral studies from Wuhan, China have reported neurological manifestations in patients who tested positive for coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). One study reported 214 COVID-19 positive patients, out of which 41.1% had severe infection. 5.7% of patients with severe infection had acute cerebrovascular disease.1 Another study looked at 221 COVID-19 positive patients, out of which 5% had ischemic infarcts and 0.5% had cerebral hemorrhage.2 A recent study from Mount Sinai Hospital in New York reported five cases of cerebral infarcts due to large vessel occlusion in patients who tested positive for COVID-19. Full-Text PDF