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Tongue infarction as first symptom of temporal arteritis

Authors :
Raquel Ríos-Fernández
Husein Husein-ElAhmed
José-Luis Callejas-Rubio
Norberto Ortego-Centeno
Source :
Rheumatology international. 32(3)
Publication Year :
2009

Abstract

Giant cell arteritis (GCA) is the most common systemic vasculitis affecting people over 50 years. This disease is a diagnostic challenge with a range of clinical symptoms and findings due to different affected vessels. Because of this, the initial diagnosis can be tricky, and some of the patients present at first time with a real unusual initial manifestation. One of these can be tongue necrosis, which is according to the literature in accordance with scalp necrosis, the rarest initial manifestation of GCA We describe a patient who presented with tongue necrosis as initial symptom of GCA. The belated diagnose resulted in subtotal necrosis of the mobile part of the tongue.

Details

ISSN :
1437160X
Volume :
32
Issue :
3
Database :
OpenAIRE
Journal :
Rheumatology international
Accession number :
edsair.doi.dedup.....b1e62c7f353d1139cc204c71cac4a8a0