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Tongue Necrosis in Temporal Arteritis
Author(s) -
Goicochea Maria,
Correale Jorge,
Bonamico Lucfas,
Dominguez Raúl,
Bagg Eleonora,
Famulari Arturo,
Ameriso Sebastián,
Sevlever Gustavo
Publication year - 2007
Publication title -
headache: the journal of head and face pain
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.14
H-Index - 119
eISSN - 1526-4610
pISSN - 0017-8748
DOI - 10.1111/j.1526-4610.2007.00890.x
Subject(s) - arteritis , medicine , tongue , vasculitis , giant cell arteritis , necrosis , systemic vasculitis , pathology , disease
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.