[Necrosis of the tongue secondary to bilateral carotid thrombosis after radiotherapy].
Necrosis of the tongue is an atypic process, because it has a high irrigation that depends of the right and left lingual arteries. But, there isn't a good anastomosis between both arteries except in the tip and the tongue base. We focus on an exceptional case report about a patient that presented a great necrotic lesion in the middle of the tongue due to a bilateral external carotid thrombosis, because of a radiation therapy some years before.
Hospital General Universitario Gregorio Marañón, Madrid, España. liasouviron@yahoo.es
Rosalía
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Souvirón Encabo
Fernando
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García de Pedro
Alberto
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Encinas
Angel
A
Rodríguez
Bartolomé
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Scola Yurrita
D002341:Carotid Artery Thrombosis / Q000150:complications / Q000209:etiology; D013700:Giant Cell Arteritis / Q000150:complications / Q000209:etiology*; D006258:Head and Neck Neoplasms / Q000532:radiotherapy; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009336:Necrosis; D011832:Radiation Injuries / Q000473:pathology*; D011878:Radiotherapy / Q000009:adverse effects*; D014059:Tongue / Q000473:pathology*