COVID-19 associated severe rhabdomyolysis in a young male with Class III obesity: a case report

Background: Hospital admissions due to coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) infection have reduced steadily as a consequence of vaccinations and weakened variant of the virus. However, patients continue to present with 'incidental COVID-19 infection' without features of pulmonary involvement. Rhabdomyolysis has been reported with COVID-19 infection though initial reports were associated with severe respiratory manifestations of the virus, mostly in older patients. We present this report of suspected, severe rhabdomyolysis induced acute kidney injury (AKI), secondary to COVID-19 infection but without signs of pneumonia, in a young patient with Class III obesity body mass index (BMI): 66 kg/m2.