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Case Report
Persistent dizziness and recurrent syncope due to HIV-associated Addison’s disease: Case report from a resource-limited setting
Southern African Journal of HIV Medicine | Vol 13, No 3 | a129 |
DOI: https://doi.org/10.4102/sajhivmed.v13i3.129
| © 2012 D Kibirige, R Ssekitoleko, E Mutebi
| This work is licensed under CC Attribution 4.0
Submitted: 15 December 2012 | Published: 16 August 2012
Submitted: 15 December 2012 | Published: 16 August 2012
About the author(s)
D Kibirige, Department of Medicine, Makerere University College of Health Sciences and Infectious Diseases Unit, Mulago National Referral and Teaching Hospital, Kampala, UgandaR Ssekitoleko, Department of Medicine, Makerere University College of Health Sciences and Infectious Diseases Unit, Mulago National Referral and Teaching Hospital, Kampala, Uganda
E Mutebi, Department of Medicine, Makerere University College of Health Sciences and Endocrine Unit, Mulago National Referral and Teaching Hospital, Kampala, Uganda
Abstract
Addison’s disease or primary adrenal insufficiency is a well-recognised fatal endocrine condition among HIV-infected patients. HIV infection is associated with adrenal gland destruction and profound disruption of the hypothalamic-pituitary adrenal axis. We describe a case of HIV-associated Addison’s disease in a 58-year-old newly diagnosed HIV-seropositive male patient, highlighting its occurrence in this era of HIV/AIDS pandemic.
Keywords
Addison’s disease, primary adrenal insufficiency, HIV, resource limited setting.
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