Tongue necrosis in temporal arteritis.
Temporal arteritis is a form of systemic vasculitis that involves branches of the carotid artery. Clinical features are headache, visual loss, ophthalmoplegia, jaw claudication, temporal headache, with tenderness and thickening on the affected temporal artery. We present 3 cases of tongue necrosis due to this granulomatous arteritis. Ischemic necrosis of the tongue is unusual and appears to be an association between its occurrence and high dose steroid tapering.
Goicochea
Maria
M
FLENI--Neurology, Buenos Aires, Argentina.
Correale
Jorge
J
Bonamico
Lucfas
L
Dominguez
Raúl
R
Bagg
Eleonora
E
Famulari
Arturo
A
Ameriso
Sebastián
S
Sevlever
Gustavo
G
D000368:Aged; D005260:Female; D013700:Giant Cell Arteritis / Q000473:pathology* / Q000503:physiopathology*; D006801:Humans; D009336:Necrosis / Q000139:chemically induced; D013256:Steroids / Q000009:adverse effects; D014059:Tongue / Q000187:drug effects / Q000473:pathology*
D013256:Steroids