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COVID-19 infection is associated with stroke due to various proposed mechanisms, including cerebral vasculitis, arterial and venous thrombosis. Vessel wall imaging, although not pathognomonic, interpreted in the appropriate clinical context and supportive laboratory findings, can help clarify the diagnosis and differentiate the etiology from other mechanisms of CNS involvement. We describe a patient with extensive anterior circulation vasculitis and ischemic stroke in the setting of COVID-19, with sparing of the posterior circulation.

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