Oral manifestations of giant cell arteritis.
Giant cell arteritis is a systemic disease of unknown origin characterized by vasculitis of medium-sized and larger vessels, found mainly in elderly women. It presents with a variety of symptoms, including temporal pain and tenderness, headache, and neuroophthalmic features. This report describes a case of giant cell arteritis in a 78-year-old woman with a large ulceration on the right side of the tongue, painful lesion in the right temporal area, and recent visus loss of the right eye.
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Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery/Oral Pathology, University Hospital Vrije Universiteit, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
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D000368:Aged; D001706:Biopsy; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D013700:Giant Cell Arteritis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D019226:Oral Ulcer / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology; D013699:Temporal Arteries / Q000473:pathology; D014060:Tongue Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology