Severe headache as the sole presenting symptom of COVID-19 pneumonia: A case report

Henrika Kimambo; Jerome H Chin; Mohammed Mnacho; Priyank Punatar; Daniel Msilanga; Anney Cletus Chagula

doi:10.1016/j.inat.2020.100882

Severe headache as the sole presenting symptom of COVID-19 pneumonia: A case report

Interdiscip Neurosurg. 2020 Dec:22:100882. doi: 10.1016/j.inat.2020.100882. Epub 2020 Aug 13.

Authors

Henrika Kimambo¹, Jerome H Chin^{1

2}, Mohammed Mnacho³, Priyank Punatar¹, Daniel Msilanga¹, Anney Cletus Chagula³

Affiliations

¹ Department of Internal Medicine, Muhimbili University of Health and Allied Sciences, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania.
² Department of Neurology, NYU Langone Health, New York, NY, United States.
³ Muhimbili National Hospital, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania.

Abstract

The spectrum of symptoms of COVID-19 continues to expand as more clinical observations are reported. Neurological manifestations including headache are increasingly described. However, headache as the sole presenting symptom of COVID-19 pneumonia has not been reported. We describe a patient in Tanzania who experienced severe headache for seven days before the onset of other symptoms of COVID-19 that led to her isolation, diagnosis, and treatment.

Keywords: Africa; COVID-19; Headache; Neurologic; SARS-CoV-2.

Publication types

Case Reports