The Pan African Medical Journal (Feb 2021)

Central adrenal insufficiency and diabetes insipidus as potential endocrine manifestations of COVID-19 infection: a case report

  • Abu Baker Sheikh,
  • Muhammad Ali Javaid,
  • Abdul Ahad Ehsan Sheikh,
  • Rahul Shekhar

DOI
https://doi.org/10.11604/pamj.2021.38.222.28243
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 38, no. 222

Abstract

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SARS-CoV-2 infection, responsible for the coronavirus disease-2019 (COVID-19) has rapidly spread, causing a global pandemic. COVID-19 can affect any organ system in the body due to overwhelming dysregulated immune response and long-term effects of the disease is still unknown. Endocrine complications associated with COVID-19 is exceedingly rare. Here we present a unique case of a 44-year-old female who developed adrenal insufficiency and central diabetes insipidus following COVID-19 infection.

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