New-Onset Systemic Capillary Leak Syndrome in an Adult Patient with COVID-19

Daniel B Knox; Vivian Lee; Lindsay Leither; Samuel M Brown

doi:10.1155/2021/8098942

New-Onset Systemic Capillary Leak Syndrome in an Adult Patient with COVID-19

Case Rep Crit Care. 2021 Sep 30:2021:8098942. doi: 10.1155/2021/8098942. eCollection 2021.

Authors

Daniel B Knox^{1

2}, Vivian Lee^{1

2}, Lindsay Leither^{1

2}, Samuel M Brown^{1

2}

Affiliations

¹ Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Intermountain Medical Center, Murray, UT, USA.
² Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, USA.

Abstract

Systemic capillary leak syndrome (SCLS) is a rare disorder manifesting as shock, hemoconcentration, and hypoalbuminemia, which may be either idiopathic or secondary to an underlying disease process. We report a case of an adult with COVID-19 infection associated with new onset SCLS. Our case joins only two other cases of new SCLS associated with COVID-19 infection reported in the literature. The clinical and laboratory findings in this case are distinct from findings seen in COVID-19 cytokine storm syndrome. Whether our therapeutic approach was efficacious is unknown. Further research into causes and therapies for these syndromes is urgently indicated.

Publication types

Case Reports