Abstract

RUELLA, Mauro et al. Pituitary apoplexy and SARS-CoV-2 (COVID-19) infection. Medicina (B. Aires) [online]. 2023, vol.83, n.1, pp.133-137. ISSN 0025-7680.

Coronavirus disease (SARS-CoV-2/COVID-19) is responsible for a wide variety of extrapulmonary manifestations, among which direct or indirect neurological compromise stands out. Pituitary apoplexy is a clinical and neurosurgical entity of variable severity, usually associated with a pituitary adenoma. Literature is scarce regarding the association between these diseases. This paper reports a case of pituitary apoplexy, manifested concomitantly to the diagnosis of COVID 19 in a patient with unknown pituitary macroadenoma, and its therapeutic management, reviewing the mechanisms potentially underlying the link between both entities.

Keywords : COVID-19; SARS-CoV-2; Pituitary apoplexy; Pituitary adenoma; Diagnosis; Treatment.

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