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

Rute AlvesMargarida França
Published in: Case reports in infectious diseases (2017)
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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