Tongue Necrosis Secondary to Giant Cell Arteritis

Authors

  • Thabet Maissa Internal Medicine department, Farhat Hached University Hospital, Faculty of Medicine of Sousse, Sousse, Tunisia
  • Guiga Ahmed Internal Medicine department, Farhat Hached University Hospital, Faculty of Medicine of Sousse, Sousse, Tunisia
  • Boussoukaya Yosr Internal Medicine department, Farhat Hached University Hospital, Faculty of Medicine of Sousse, Sousse, Tunisia
  • Ben Yahia Wissal Internal Medicine department, Farhat Hached University Hospital, Faculty of Medicine of Sousse, Sousse, Tunisia
  • Atig Amira Internal Medicine department, Farhat Hached University Hospital, Faculty of Medicine of Sousse, Sousse, Tunisia
  • Ghannouchi Neirouz Internal Medicine department, Farhat Hached University Hospital, Faculty of Medicine of Sousse, Sousse, Tunisia

Keywords:

tongue necrosis, giant cell arteritis

Abstract

Giant cell arteritis (GCA) is a vasculitis of large and medium sized vessels that commonly affects extracranial branches of the internal and external carotid arteries. It is a diagnosis of the elderly that typically presents temporal tenderness, claudication of the jaw or vision loss. Lingual necrosis is unusual symptom of GCA. We report a case of GCA revealed by a tongue necrosis.

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Published

2023-08-10

How to Cite

Thabet Maissa, Guiga Ahmed, Boussoukaya Yosr, Ben Yahia Wissal, Atig Amira, & Ghannouchi Neirouz. (2023). Tongue Necrosis Secondary to Giant Cell Arteritis. ournal of nnovations in edical esearch, 2(8), 15–17. etrieved from https://www.paradigmpress.org/jimr/article/view/731

Issue

Vol. 2 No. 8 (2023): August

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Articles