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Case Reports
. 2021 Jun 23:9:2050313X211027758.
doi: 10.1177/2050313X211027758. eCollection 2021.

Unmasking of Addison's disease in COVID-19

Pallav Bhattarai  1 , Holley Allen  2 , Abhimanyu Aggarwal  3 , Daniel Madden  4 , Kristen Dalton  4
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Unmasking of Addison's disease in COVID-19

Pallav Bhattarai et al. SAGE Open Med Case Rep. .

Abstract

This case report highlights the initial presentation of Addison's disease in a 19-year-old individual with coronavirus disease. Coronavirus disease is an infectious disease, which often presents with fever and respiratory and gastrointestinal symptoms. Here, we describe a challenging case of a patient with coronavirus disease, who initially presented with altered mental status, hyponatremia, and cerebral edema, with subsequent workup leading to the diagnosis of Addison's disease.

Keywords: Addison’s disease; COVID-19; adrenal insufficiency.

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Declaration of conflicting interests: The author(s) declared no potential conflicts of interest with respect to the research, authorship, and/or publication of this article.

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Figure 1.
Figure 1.
MRI of abdomen showing both adrenal glands (arrow) to be diminutive.
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