A misdiagnosed patient with an erythematous rash covering the half of his midface
Papadiochos I.,Tasoulas J., Morou D., Papadiochou S.
Hellenic Archives of Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery (2022) 2, 133-136
DOI https://dx.doi.org/10.54936/haoms232133136
The aim of this article was to present the case of a 64-year-old male who had visited the emergency department of a tertiary hospital, and chiefly complained about a painful aggravated erythema on the right side of his face, bilateral periorbital swelling as well as redness and irritation in his ipsilateral eye. The patient described that the skin lesions had arisen 7 days before, and an out-of-hospital healthcare practitioner had initially attributed them to an acute and diffuse infection of his ipsilateral maxillary sinus. Pustules and crusts had covered the right half of patient’s middle facial third, while conjunctivitis, keratitis, episcleritis, and ulcers on upper labial mucosa and hard palate were evident unilaterally too. Based on these clinical findings, what could be your diagnosis?
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Hellenic Archives of Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery (2022) 2, 133-136
DOI https://dx.doi.org/10.54936/haoms232133136
The aim of this article was to present the case of a 64-year-old male who had visited the emergency department of a tertiary hospital, and chiefly complained about a painful aggravated erythema on the right side of his face, bilateral periorbital swelling as well as redness and irritation in his ipsilateral eye. The patient described that the skin lesions had arisen 7 days before, and an out-of-hospital healthcare practitioner had initially attributed them to an acute and diffuse infection of his ipsilateral maxillary sinus. Pustules and crusts had covered the right half of patient’s middle facial third, while conjunctivitis, keratitis, episcleritis, and ulcers on upper labial mucosa and hard palate were evident unilaterally too. Based on these clinical findings, what could be your diagnosis?
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