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Friday, September 05, 2008
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Skin infection surrounding the eyesocket in a patient with AIDS (Periorbital cellulitis in a patient with acquired immunodeficiency syndrome: A 32-year-old patient with a weak immune system presented to his doctor with fever and swelling and redness surrounding the right eye. Solitary, oval, violet colored nodules were seen on the right cheek consistent with epidemic Kaposi's sarcoma (a cancer most commonly seen in AIDS patients). Periorbital cellulitis as suggested by this clinical picture in a patient with AIDS is most likely from an extension of sinusitis. (L.S.)

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