[Necrosis of the tongue secondary to Horton's disease].
Horton's disease is a generalized vascular disease characterized by giant cell arteritis. Medium and small-sized arteries are the most affected and involvement of the lingual arteries leading to lingual infarction and partial necrosis of the tongue is exceptional. We describe these complications in a 82-year-old female with histologically proved Horton's disease, and review the literature on the topic.
Navarro
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Servicio de ORL, Hospital General Gregorio Marañón, Madrid.
Niembro
E
E
Scola
B
B
Scola
E
E
del Pozo
A
A
D000368:Aged; D001706:Biopsy; D005260:Female; D013700:Giant Cell Arteritis / Q000150:complications* / Q000503:physiopathology; D006801:Humans; D009336:Necrosis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D013699:Temporal Arteries / Q000503:physiopathology; D014059:Tongue / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery