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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| 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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| spelling | doaj-art-dabf60f49e9843c19ff0d890aa991fb22025-02-03T07:25:16ZengWileyCase 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 |
| spellingShingle | Rute Alves Margarida França Subacute Hypophysitis with Panhypopituitarism as First Presentation of HIV and Syphilis Coinfection Case Reports in Infectious Diseases |
| title | 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 |
| title_short | Subacute Hypophysitis with Panhypopituitarism as First Presentation of HIV and Syphilis Coinfection |
| title_sort | subacute hypophysitis with panhypopituitarism as first presentation of hiv and syphilis coinfection |
| url | http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2017/1489210 |
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