AUTOPSY FINDINGS OF ADDISONS-DISEASE CAUSED BY SYSTEMIC CYTOMEGALOVIRUS-INFECTION IN A PATIENT WITH ACQUIRED-IMMUNODEFICIENCY-SYNDROME

previously reported a case of Addison's disease associated with acquir ed immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) (Endocr J, 41:13, 1994), A 46-year -old man with hemophilia B and AIDS was diagnosed as Addison's disease , The positive cytomegalovirus (CMV) antigen in urine suggested that C MV adrenalitis may have caused the adrenal insufficiency, Despite trea tment with ganciclovir, the patient died one year later, Autopsy findi ngs revealed that the typical inclusions of CMV were seen in the lung, adrenal glands (both cortex and medulla) and small intestine, Here, w e describe the subsequent clinical course and postmortem findings of t his case.