Case report and literature review
Gülnur Esenülkü, Sevim Şahin, Şükrü Oğuz, Eser Bulut, Beril Dilber, Pınar Özkan Kart, Osman Yeşilbaş

The incidence of ischemic stroke in COVID-19 positive adult cases is between 1-3%. The stroke rate associated with COVID-19 in children is not as common as in adults. The mildness of COVID-19 infection may cause this reason to be overlooked in children presenting with stroke. Here, we present a 13-year-old male case with confusion and right hemiparesis, who was found to have total occlusion in the left ICA and MCA (Figure 1) . In the patient whose risk factor for arterial thrombosis could not be determined, covid19 antibody was positive (13.76 U/ml) due to the history of mild URTI 2 weeks before the stroke. Our case draws attention to the fact that COVID-19 should not be ignored in the etiology of stroke because ICA and MCA thrombosis can develop even in mild covid 19 infection in children. It is recommended to investigate the diagnosis of COVID-19 in children presenting with stroke in the pandemic.
Keywords: COVID-19, Thrombus, Carotid Artery, Childhood

Gülnur Esenülkü
Karadeniz Technical University
Turkey

Sevim Şahin
Karadeniz Technical University
Turkey

Şükrü Oğuz
Karadeniz Technical University
Turkey

Eser Bulut
Trabzon Kanuni Training and Research Hospital
Turkey

Beril Dilber
Trabzon Kanuni Training and Research Hospital
Turkey

Pınar Özkan Kart
Karadeniz Technical University
Turkey

Osman Yeşilbaş
Karadeniz Technical University
Turkey