title: Acquired immune deficiency syndrome presenting as a palatal perforation.
abstract: Head and neck manifestations are particularly frequent in the acquired immune deficiency syndrome. An unusual case of acquired immune deficiency syndrome in a female prostitute whose initial presentation included a palatal perforation is reported. This case is also noteworthy because the patient died of disseminated miliary tuberculosis, a disease only recently included in the Centers for Disease Control case definition of AIDS.
authors.affiliation: Department of Oral Pathology, Wilford Hall USAF Medical Center, Lackland AFB, Texas.
authors.forename: C B
authors.initials: CB
authors.lastname: Fowler
authors.forename: J F
authors.initials: JF
authors.lastname: Nelson
authors.forename: D W
authors.initials: DW
authors.lastname: Henley
authors.forename: B R
authors.initials: BR
authors.lastname: Smith
mesh_terms: D000163:Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis*; D000328:Adult; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D005402:Fistula / Q000175:diagnosis*; D006801:Humans; D009668:Nose Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis*; D010159:Palate / Q000473:pathology*; D014391:Tuberculosis, Miliary / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis