title: Necrosis of the tongue in a patient with intestinal infarction.
abstract: A patient with a rare combination of bilateral lingual necrosis and intestinal infarction, caused by giant cell arteritis, is described and the literature reviewed.
authors.affiliation: University Department of Oral Medicine, Surgery, and Pathology, Bristol Dental Hospital and School, England.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Patterson
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Scully
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Barnard
authors.forename: M J
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Griffiths
authors.forename: J W
authors.initials: JW
authors.lastname: Eveson
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Novelli
mesh_terms: 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*