Adrenal insufficiency in coronavirus disease 2019: a case report

Novel coronavirus disease 2019 presents with fever, dry cough, fatigue, and shortness of breath in most cases; however, some rare manifestations in other organs have also been reported so far. Here, the case of a 69-year-old Iranian man with coronavirus disease 2019 is presented who suffered from fr...

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Published in:Journal of medical case reports 2020-08, Vol.14 (1), p.134-134, Article 134
Main Authors: Heidarpour, Maryam, Vakhshoori, Mehrbod, Abbasi, Saeed, Shafie, Davood, Rezaei, Nima
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
2019-nCoV
Acute Disease
Adrenal insufficiency
Adrenal Insufficiency - diagnosis
Adrenal Insufficiency - etiology
Aged
Antibiotics
Antihypertensives
Betacoronavirus
Blood pressure
Case Report
Case reports
Coronavirus Infections - complications
Coronavirus Infections - epidemiology
Coronaviruses
COVID-19
Critical Illness
Cytokines
Diagnosis
Disease
Dyspnea
Enzymes
Fever
Health aspects
Hormones
Hospitalization
Humans
Hypertension
Hypotension
Illnesses
Intensive care
Intensive Care Units
Male
Metabolism
Nosocomial infections
Pandemics
Pathogenesis
Pathogens
Pneumonia, Viral - complications
Pneumonia, Viral - epidemiology
Polymerase chain reaction
SARS-CoV-2
Sepsis
Tomography, X-Ray Computed
Tumor necrosis factor-TNF
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Summary:Novel coronavirus disease 2019 presents with fever, dry cough, fatigue, and shortness of breath in most cases; however, some rare manifestations in other organs have also been reported so far. Here, the case of a 69-year-old Iranian man with coronavirus disease 2019 is presented who suffered from frequent episodes of vasopressor-resistant hypotension during intensive care unit admission, which was finally attributed to the occurrence of acute adrenal insufficiency. As this is a rare complication, adrenal insufficiency might be easily overlooked. However, early detection of this disease among critically ill patients infected with coronavirus disease 2019 could be lifesaving, especially among those unresponsive to vasopressor agents.
ISSN:1752-1947
1752-1947
DOI:10.1186/s13256-020-02461-2