Scalp Necrosis Revealing Severe Giant-Cell Arteritis
Giant-cell arteritis (GCA), also referred to as temporal arteritis, is the most common primary vasculitis of the elderly involving the extracranial branches of the carotid arteries, in particular, the temporal artery. Patients usually present with temporal headaches, visual impairment, fever, and sc...
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| author | Safa Idoudi Marouene Ben Kahla Fares Mselmi Badreddine Sriha A. Guiga Samia Ayachi Colandane Belajouza Mohamed Denguezli |
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| description | Giant-cell arteritis (GCA), also referred to as temporal arteritis, is the most common primary vasculitis of the elderly involving the extracranial branches of the carotid arteries, in particular, the temporal artery. Patients usually present with temporal headaches, visual impairment, fever, and scalp tenderness. Scalp necrosis associated with GCA is a rare occurrence with approximately 100 cases reported in the literature to date. It is a therapeutic emergency requiring urgent management as it may lead to irreversible loss of vision. To increase awareness of this severe complication, we report a patient with a scalp necrosis revealing a GCA. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-b275f8b1d5094925a817a60cafd651682025-02-03T06:05:41ZengWileyCase Reports in Medicine1687-96271687-96352020-01-01202010.1155/2020/81304048130404Scalp Necrosis Revealing Severe Giant-Cell ArteritisSafa Idoudi0Marouene Ben Kahla1Fares Mselmi2Badreddine Sriha3A. Guiga4Samia Ayachi5Colandane Belajouza6Mohamed Denguezli7Dermatology Department, Farhat Hached University Hospital, Sousse Medical Faculty, Sousse University, Sousse, TunisiaDermatology Department, Farhat Hached University Hospital, Sousse Medical Faculty, Sousse University, Sousse, TunisiaMaxillo Facial Departement, Sahloul Hospital, Sousse Medical Faculty, Sousse University, Sousse, TunisiaAnapathology Department, Farhat Hached University Hospital, Sousse Medical Faculty, Sousse University, Sousse, TunisiaInternal Medecine Departement, Farhat Hached University Hospital, Sousse Medical Faculty, Sousse University, Sousse, TunisiaMaxillo Facial Departement, Sahloul Hospital, Sousse Medical Faculty, Sousse University, Sousse, TunisiaDermatology Department, Farhat Hached University Hospital, Sousse Medical Faculty, Sousse University, Sousse, TunisiaDermatology Department, Farhat Hached University Hospital, Sousse Medical Faculty, Sousse University, Sousse, TunisiaGiant-cell arteritis (GCA), also referred to as temporal arteritis, is the most common primary vasculitis of the elderly involving the extracranial branches of the carotid arteries, in particular, the temporal artery. Patients usually present with temporal headaches, visual impairment, fever, and scalp tenderness. Scalp necrosis associated with GCA is a rare occurrence with approximately 100 cases reported in the literature to date. It is a therapeutic emergency requiring urgent management as it may lead to irreversible loss of vision. To increase awareness of this severe complication, we report a patient with a scalp necrosis revealing a GCA.http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2020/8130404 |
| spellingShingle | Safa Idoudi Marouene Ben Kahla Fares Mselmi Badreddine Sriha A. Guiga Samia Ayachi Colandane Belajouza Mohamed Denguezli Scalp Necrosis Revealing Severe Giant-Cell Arteritis Case Reports in Medicine |
| title | Scalp Necrosis Revealing Severe Giant-Cell Arteritis |
| title_full | Scalp Necrosis Revealing Severe Giant-Cell Arteritis |
| title_fullStr | Scalp Necrosis Revealing Severe Giant-Cell Arteritis |
| title_full_unstemmed | Scalp Necrosis Revealing Severe Giant-Cell Arteritis |
| title_short | Scalp Necrosis Revealing Severe Giant-Cell Arteritis |
| title_sort | scalp necrosis revealing severe giant cell arteritis |
| url | http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2020/8130404 |
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