Hypophysitis in a HIV‐Positive Patient With a Syphilis Latent Infection
Fernando Sotelo-Díaz, Astrid Paola Hernández-Valdez, Ismael Quintal-Medina, Jesús Cajigas-Silva, Sarbelio Moreno-Espinosa, Luis Esteban Ramírez-González, José Guillermo Flores-Vázquez, Lesly Portocarrero-Ortíz · 2025
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Fernando Sotelo-Díaz and seven co-authors tell, in a 2025 case report, of a swollen pituitary gland in a man who lives with HIV and hidden syphilis. The gland sits at the brain's base and runs the body's hormones. Infection with the syphilis germ can spark such swelling, though it is rare.
The fifty-year-old man came in with headache, deep tiredness, and failing sight. Tests showed hormone failure across the gland's range, and a scan found a mass pressing the nerve crossing for sight, which explained his loss of side vision. He was treated with penicillin through a vein plus hormone top-ups. A later scan showed the gland shrunk, and within a month his sight and nerve signs had much improved. The team urges doctors to keep this cause in mind.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Fernando Sotelo-Díaz, Astrid Paola Hernández-Valdez, Ismael Quintal-Medina, Jesús Cajigas-Silva, Sarbelio Moreno-Espinosa, Luis Esteban Ramírez-González, José Guillermo Flores-Vázquez, Lesly Portocarrero-Ortíz |
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| YEAR | 2025 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 14 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |