Tongue Necrosis Secondary to Giant Cell Arteritis: A Case Report and Literature Review

Giant cell arteritis is a form of vasculitis involving the medium- and large-sized arteries that chiefly affects older people. Clinical findings are headache, jaw claudication, fever, pain, and thickening of the temporal artery. The most feared complication is visual loss due to impairment of the op...

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Autores principales: Sobrinho, Rafael Alex Barbosa de Siqueira, de Lima, Karolina Cayres Alvino, Moura, Helena Carvalho, Araújo, Mônica Modesto, de Assis, Christyanne Maria Rodrigues Barreto, Gouveia, Pedro Alves da Cruz
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Hindawi 2017
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5382308/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28424735
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2017/6327437

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