Adrenal Necrosis in the Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome
Authors: MICHAEL L. TAPPER
Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine (1984)

Brief Reports1 February 1984Adrenal Necrosis in the Acquired Immunodeficiency SyndromeMICHAEL L. TAPPER, M.D., HEIDRUN Z. ROTTERDAM, M.D., CHESTER W. LERNER, M.D., KATHLEEN AL'KHAFAJI, M.D., PETER A. SEITZMAN, M.D.MICHAEL L. TAPPER, M.D., HEIDRUN Z. ROTTERDAM, M.D., CHESTER W. LERNER, M.D., KATHLEEN AL'KHAFAJI, M.D., PETER A. SEITZMAN, M.D.Author, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-100-2-239 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptSince 1980, the medical community has seen an epidemic of opportunistic infections and unusual malignancies now known as the acquired immunodeficiency syndrome. In autopsies done on ten patients who died of this syndrome at the Lenox Hill Hospital, we have noted adrenal necrosis to be a strikingly common finding in male homosexual patients with evidence of localized or disseminated cytomegalovirus infection at the time of death. 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PESANTI, M.D. 1 February 1984Volume 100, Issue 2Page: 239-241KeywordsAIDSAntimicrobialsAutopsyChemotherapyCytomegalovirus infectionHomosexualsMicrobiologyNecrosisOpportunistic infectionsResearch laboratories ePublished: 1 December 2008 Issue Published: 1 February 1984 PDF downloadLoading ...