A Young Man Suspicious for Cushing's Syndrome With Coronavirus Disease-19 (COVID-19): A Case Report

Shahin Besharati; Zahra Abbaspourrad; Hossein Chiti; Negin Parsamanesh

doi:10.18502/acta.v59i3.5789

Shahin Besharati
Zahra Abbaspourrad
Hossein Chiti
Negin Parsamanesh

DOI: https://doi.org/10.18502/acta.v59i3.5789

Keywords: Coronavirus disease (COVID-19); Cushing's syndrome; Immunosuppression

Abstract

The 2019 global Coronavirus syndrome pandemic (COVID-19) has entered more than two hundred countries around the world, involving <82 million persons and >1,800,000 deaths (until January, 1st 2021). We report on COVID-19 infection in the context of a Cushing's syndrome (CS) from Iran. A 36-year-old man with proximal myopathy, plethora, and striae with central obesity was evaluated for Cushing's syndrome. During the high dose dexamethasone test, the patient developed symptoms of cough, low-grade fever, and weakness then was admitted to the ICU with a diagnosis of COVID-19. Despite treatment according to national protocols for COVID-19, the patient unfortunately died. In this report, we intend to discuss the various aspects of Cushing's syndrome and severe COVID-19 infection.