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| Authors | Sample size (N) | Sex | Age (years) | Presenting symptoms | Adrenal insufficiency assessment findings | Adrenal insufficiency type | Patient status | Follow-up assessment |
| Laboratory data | Radiographic findings |
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| Alvarez-Troncoso et al. [24] | 1 | Male | 70 | Fever, chills, asthenia, constipation, malaise, weakness, anorexia, nausea, vomiting | NA | Increase in size and blurring of both adrenals | NA | Discharged | Cortisol
Basal: 2.1 µg/dl
30 minutes: 2.89 µg/dl
60 minutes: 3.11 µg/dl |
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| Elkhouly et al. [28] | 1 | Male | 50 | Fever, malaise, shortness of breath, cough | NA | Bilateral hyperdense ovoid suprarenal lesions with loss of normal adrenal gland contour | NA | Death | — |
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| Frankel et al. [29] | 1 | Female | 66 | Fever, dyspnea, nausea, vomiting, abdominal pain | Baseline cortisol< 1 µg/dl
ACTH: 207 pmol/l | Enlarged and thick adrenal glands plus haziness of surrounding peri-adrenal fat | Primary | Discharged | Stable |
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| Hashim et al. [17] | 1 | Male | 51 | Vomiting | Cortisol
Baseline: 56 nmol/l
30 minutes: 197 nmol/l
60 minutes: 297 nmol/l | NA | NA | Discharged | Lost |
| Heidarpour et al. [18] | 1 | Male | 69 | Fever, dyspnea, cough | Total cortisol< 12 µg/dl | NA | Primary | Discharged | NA |
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| Kumar et al. [30] | 1 | Female | 70 | Fever, left-sided chest pain, cough, dyspnea, fatigue, abdominal pain, vomiting, diarrhea | Random cortisol> 300 nmol/l | Enlarged diffusely hypoattenuated adrenal glands with poor enhancement and ill-defined adrenal contours | NA | Discharged | NA |
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| Sheikh et al. [31] | 1 | Female | 44 | Fever, chills, malaise, shortness of breath, myalgia, loss of taste | Random cortisol: 1.1 µg/dl, ACTH: 56 pg/ml | NA | Central | Discharged | Lost |
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