Subacute Hypophysitis with Panhypopituitarism as First Presentation of HIV and Syphilis Coinfection

Subacute Hypophysitis with Panhypopituitarism as First Presentation of HIV and Syphilis Coinfection

Infection by Treponema pallidum still represents a clinical challenge due to its various forms of presentation. HIV coinfection added diversity and changed the natural history of syphilis as a systemic infection. We present a rare case of subacute hypophysitis and panhypopituitarism due to an early...

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Main Authors: Rute Alves, Margarida França
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Hindawi Limited 2017-01-01
Series:Case Reports in Infectious Diseases
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2017/1489210
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spelling doaj-dabf60f49e9843c19ff0d890aa991fb22020-11-24T23:24:27ZengHindawi LimitedCase Reports in Infectious Diseases2090-66252090-66332017-01-01201710.1155/2017/14892101489210Subacute Hypophysitis with Panhypopituitarism as First Presentation of HIV and Syphilis CoinfectionRute Alves0Margarida França1Clinical Immunology Unit, Centro Hospitalar do Porto, Porto, PortugalClinical Immunology Unit, Centro Hospitalar do Porto, Porto, PortugalInfection by Treponema pallidum still represents a clinical challenge due to its various forms of presentation. HIV coinfection added diversity and changed the natural history of syphilis as a systemic infection. We present a rare case of subacute hypophysitis and panhypopituitarism due to an early active neurosyphilis in a previously unknown HIV coinfected patient.http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2017/1489210
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Case Reports in Infectious Diseases
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title Subacute Hypophysitis with Panhypopituitarism as First Presentation of HIV and Syphilis Coinfection
title_short Subacute Hypophysitis with Panhypopituitarism as First Presentation of HIV and Syphilis Coinfection
title_full Subacute Hypophysitis with Panhypopituitarism as First Presentation of HIV and Syphilis Coinfection
title_fullStr Subacute Hypophysitis with Panhypopituitarism as First Presentation of HIV and Syphilis Coinfection
title_full_unstemmed Subacute Hypophysitis with Panhypopituitarism as First Presentation of HIV and Syphilis Coinfection
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series Case Reports in Infectious Diseases
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2090-6633
publishDate 2017-01-01
description Infection by Treponema pallidum still represents a clinical challenge due to its various forms of presentation. HIV coinfection added diversity and changed the natural history of syphilis as a systemic infection. We present a rare case of subacute hypophysitis and panhypopituitarism due to an early active neurosyphilis in a previously unknown HIV coinfected patient.
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