Carvalho Flávio Pedreira de Freitas de, Curiati José Antônio Esper, Mauad Thaís, Incerti Milena Mendes, Jacob Filho Wilson
Geriatrics Service, Hospital das Clínicas, Medical School, São Paulo University, São Paulo-SP, Brazil.
Braz J Infect Dis. 2007 Feb;11(1):160-2. doi: 10.1590/s1413-86702007000100033.
We report a case history of an 84-year-old elderly male patient that presented with a clinical picture suggestive of adrenal failure and bilateral adrenal nodules detected by abdominal computed tomography. A fine needle-guided biopsy was inconclusive for achieving a final diagnosis. The patient died due to septic shock and the autopsy disclosed histoplasmosis with extensive bilateral necrosis of the adrenal glands. Although the adrenal involvement in chronic disseminated histoplasmosis has been described, there have been few reports of the infection being associated with adrenal insufficiency.
我们报告了一例84岁老年男性患者的病史,该患者临床表现提示肾上腺功能衰竭,腹部计算机断层扫描检测到双侧肾上腺结节。细针引导活检未能得出最终诊断。患者因感染性休克死亡,尸检发现肾上腺广泛双侧坏死的组织胞浆菌病。尽管已有关于慢性播散性组织胞浆菌病累及肾上腺的描述,但很少有该感染与肾上腺功能不全相关的报道。