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| Year : 2022 | Volume
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| Issue : 3 | Page : 364-368 |
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Pituitary Apoplexy Secondary to Thrombocytopenia due to Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 Infection: Report of a Rare Case and Literature Review
Kaveh Abri Aghdam1, Zahra-Alsadat Abtahi1, Seyed Ali Sonbolestan2, Mostafa Soltan Sanjari1
1 Eye Research Center, Eye Department, The Five Senses Health Institute, School of Medicine, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
2 Department of Oculo-Facial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Eye Research Center, Farabi Eye Hospital, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
Correspondence Address:
Zahra-Alsadat Abtahi
Eye Research Center, Eye Department, The Five Senses Health Institute, Rassoul Akram Hospital, Sattarkhan-Niyayesh St. 1449614535, Tehran
Iran
 Source of Support: None, Conflict of Interest: None
DOI: 10.4103/joco.joco_321_21
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Purpose: To report a 16-year-old female patient with pituitary apoplexy in the setting of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) infection-related thrombocytopenia in the absence of preexisting pituitary macroadenoma.
Methods: The patient had been admitted because of respiratory complications of COVID-19 infection and developed thrombocytopenia, intense headache, and symptoms of cavernous sinus syndrome.
Results: Urgent magnetic resonance imaging of the brain depicted a pituitary apoplexy.
Conclusion: This case indicated that thrombocytopenia due to COVID-19 could be a predisposing factor for pituitary apoplexy in the absence of underlying pituitary disease.
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