title: Tongue necrosis due to vasculitis.
abstract: We describe a 7-year-old boy with necrosis of the tongue due to a generalized vasculitis, with symptoms and signs consistent with periarteritis nodosa and appearing after an infection with streptococci. Approximately one-third of the tongue had to be extirpated.
authors.affiliation: Department of Paediatrics, Central Hospital, Skövde, Sweden.
authors.forename: B M
authors.initials: BM
authors.lastname: Ekman-Joelsson
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Kjellman
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Hattevig
mesh_terms: D002648:Child; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009336:Necrosis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D009504:Neutrophils / Q000648:ultrastructure; D010488:Polyarteritis Nodosa / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis; D013291:Streptococcus / Q000472:pathogenicity; D014059:Tongue / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D014657:Vasculitis / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis