Intensive care medicine

Surgery

Endocrinology

Polyuria

Myocarditis

Sequela

Diabetes insipidus

Pediatrics

Desmopressin

Complication

Internal medicine

Medicine

Diabetes mellitus

Journal of Investigative Medicine High Impact Case Reports

Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 causes coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), which has become a global pandemic. Apart from the mild features of the disease, long-term complications involve many systems including both endocrine and cardiovascular systems. Myocarditis, secondary to COVID-19, has become a well-known complication of the disease. However, endocrine complications are generally not common, particularly isolated pituitary abnormalities. There is one other report of diabetes insipidus developing as a late sequela of COVID-19. In this article, we report a case of a young male who presented with features of myocarditis but developed diabetes insipidus on day 7 of admission as a long-term complication after recovery from COVID-19 infection. His laboratory test results at the time of developing the complication revealed a high serum sodium level and low urine osmolality. The patient recovered on administration of desmopressin and was discharged after 16 days of hospitalization.

Diabetes Insipidus and Concomitant Myocarditis: A Late Sequelae of COVID-19 Infection