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Tongue necrosis in temporal arteritis provoked by ergotamine
Author(s) -
BONDESON J.,
ERICSSON U.B.,
FALKE P.,
MATTIASSON I.,
NYMAN U.,
LINDELL E.,
BERNOW J.
Publication year - 1992
Publication title -
journal of internal medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.625
H-Index - 160
eISSN - 1365-2796
pISSN - 0954-6820
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-2796.1992.tb00637.x
Subject(s) - medicine , ergotamine , arteritis , tongue , complication , necrosis , ischemia , angiography , radiology , surgery , pathology , cardiology , migraine
. A case of tongue necrosis in a patient with temporal arteritis who was taking ergotamine is described, and the role of ergotamine tartrate in provoking the tongue necrosis is considered. The literature on this unusual complication is critically reviewed, and the value of a carotid angiography in assessing the tongue ischaemia is exemplified.