Acute lingual ischaemia complicating temporal arteries.
We report the case of a patient with extensive extracranial arteritis in whom intermittent claudication of the tongue was followed by incipient gangrene and in whom response to steroid and anticoagulant therapy was rapid. The importance of recognizing this unusual presentation of temporal arteritis and instituting therapy early is emphasized.
D000368:Aged; D013700:Giant Cell Arteritis / Q000150:complications* / Q000188:drug therapy; D006801:Humans; D007511:Ischemia / Q000209:etiology*; D008297:Male; D011239:Prednisolone / Q000627:therapeutic use; D014059:Tongue / Q000098:blood supply*
D011239:Prednisolone