DOI: 10.12890/2020_001905

Urinary Retention and Severe Hyponatremia: An Unusual Presentation of COVID-19

Authors

  • Ahmed Osman Saleh Internal Medicine Department, Medical Education, Hamad Medical Corporation, Doha, Qatar 0000-0003-1111-8859
  • Shaikha D. Al-Shokri Internal Medicine Department, Medical Education, Hamad Medical Corporation, Doha, Qatar
  • Ashraf Ahmed Internal Medicine Department, Medical Education, Hamad Medical Corporation, Doha, Qatar
  • Ahmed Elmustafa Musa Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology Department, Medical Education, Hamad Medical Corporation, Doha, Qatar
  • Mouhand FH Mohamed Internal Medicine Department, Medical Education, Hamad Medical Corporation, Doha, Qatar

asaleh17@hamad.qa

Keywords

COVID-19, coronavirus, SARS-CoV-2, hyponatremia, SIADH, urine retention

Abstract

Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) was first reported in Wuhan, China, in December 2019. The disease is caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome virus coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). A few published cases have linked COVID-19 and hyponatremia. The mechanism of hyponatremia in these cases is related to the syndrome of inappropriate antidiuretic hormone secretion (SIADH). Here we present a unique case of urinary retention and SIADH as unusual presenting features of SARS-CoV-2 infection.

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Published

2020-09-11

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Vol. 7 No. 10 (2020)

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Saleh AO, D. Al-Shokri S, Ahmed A, Musa AE, Mohamed MF. Urinary Retention and Severe Hyponatremia: An Unusual Presentation of COVID-19. EJCRIM [Internet]. 2020 Sep. 11 [cited 2026 Nov. 4];7(10). Available from: https://ejcrim.com/index.php/ejcrim/article/view/1905

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