title: Temporal arteritis presenting with tongue necrosis.
abstract: Spontaneous glossodynia is uncommon and glossodynia progressing to necrosis is especially rare. Although the commonest cause of lingual necrosis is giant cell arteritis, only a few cases of a new diagnosis of giant cell arteritis, clinically presenting with isolated lingual necrosis, have been reported.
authors.affiliation: Department of Maxillofacial Surgery, St Richards Hospital, Chichester, West Sussex, UK. p.kumarasinghe@doctors.org.uk
authors.forename: Anuttara Panchali
authors.initials: AP
authors.lastname: Kumarasinghe
authors.forename: Alastair
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Hepburn
authors.forename: William John
authors.initials: WJ
authors.lastname: Reuther
authors.forename: Clive
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Pratt
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D003646:Debridement; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D018450:Disease Progression; D005260:Female; D013700:Giant Cell Arteritis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery; D005926:Glossalgia / Q000209:etiology; D006801:Humans; D009336:Necrosis; D014059:Tongue / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery