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She tested positive for SARS-CoV-2 upon a polymerase chain reaction examination and had prolonged hypoxemia without pneumonia. An echocardiography revealed elevated right ventricular pressure. She was diagnosed with pilocytic astrocytoma at the age of 10 years and underwent a resection of a pituitary tumor. Hormone replacement therapy was administered postoperatively, but her growth hormones were not activated because of concerns about tumor recurrence. Echocardiography at the age of 13 years showed normal right ventricular pressure. On admission, she had an abnormal liver function, elevated liver fibrosis markers, a decreased platelet count, and hepatosplenomegaly, suggesting pulmonary and portal hypertension. The diagnosis was pulmonary hypertension associated with SARS-CoV-2 infection. The mechanism of the pulmonary hypertension was thought to be portal hypertension owing to growth hormone deficiency and SARS-CoV-2 infection. 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