Necrosis of the tongue in a patient with intestinal infarction.
A patient with a rare combination of bilateral lingual necrosis and intestinal infarction, caused by giant cell arteritis, is described and the literature reviewed.
Patterson
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A
University Department of Oral Medicine, Surgery, and Pathology, Bristol Dental Hospital and School, England.
Scully
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C
Barnard
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N
Griffiths
M J
MJ
Eveson
J W
JW
Novelli
M
M
D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D001167:Arteritis / Q000150:complications*; D005260:Female; D013700:Giant Cell Arteritis / Q000150:complications*; D006801:Humans; D007238:Infarction; D007410:Intestinal Diseases / Q000150:complications / Q000209:etiology; D007416:Intestinal Perforation / Q000150:complications / Q000209:etiology; D007421:Intestine, Small / Q000098:blood supply*; D009336:Necrosis; D014059:Tongue / Q000098:blood supply*; D014060:Tongue Diseases / Q000150:complications / Q000209:etiology*