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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Main Authors: | Rafael Alex Barbosa de Siqueira Sobrinho, Karolina Cayres Alvino de Lima, Helena Carvalho Moura, Mônica Modesto Araújo, Christyanne Maria Rodrigues Barreto de Assis, Pedro Alves da Cruz Gouveia |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Wiley
2017-01-01
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Series: | Case Reports in Medicine |
Online Access: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2017/6327437 |
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