Isolated intracranial hypertension associated with COVID-19.

Marcus Tulius Teixeira da SilvaMarco A LimaGuilherme TorezaniCristiane N SoaresClaudia DantasCarlos Otávio BrandãoOtávio EspíndolaMarilda M SiqueiraAbelardo Qc Araujo

Published in: Cephalalgia : an international journal of headache (2020)

In a significant proportion of COVID-19 patients, headache was associated to intracranial hypertension in the absence of meningitic or encephalitic features. Coagulopathy associated with COVID-19 could be an explanation, but further studies including post-mortem analysis of areas of production and CSF absorption (choroid plexuses and arachnoid granulations) are necessary to clarify this issue.

Keyphrases

sars cov
coronavirus disease
blood pressure
respiratory syndrome coronavirus
optic nerve
arterial hypertension
case control
optical coherence tomography