Pituitary Apoplexy in the Setting of COVID-19 Infection: A Case Report
Abstract
Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is primarily a febrile respiratory illness first documented in December 2019 in Wuhan, China that was declared a pandemic by the World Health Organization (WHO) on March 11, 2020. At the time of this writing COVID 19 infections have impacted 191 counties, and the death toll stands at 1,488,513. COVID-19 infection is known to cause coagulopathy and an inflammatory state, but there are few case reports involving COVID-19 related spontaneous bleeding outside of disseminated intravascular coagulation. To date there has only been a single case report of pituitary apoplexy in the setting of COVID-19; this was in a pregnant woman, which is a known risk factor for apoplexy. Here, we present a case of pituitary apoplexy in the setting of COVID-19 infection with no such risk factors.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Feb 23, 2021
- Accession Number
- AD1125243
Entities
People
- Michael Laroy
- Morgan Mcguire
Organizations
- Naval Medical Center San Diego