Tongue infarction due to giant cell arteritis
| Autor: | Erik R. Ensrud, Brett A. McCray, Sashank Prasad, Altaf Saadi |
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| Rok vydání: | 2015 |
| Předmět: |
medicine.medical_specialty
medicine.diagnostic_test business.industry Infarction General Medicine medicine.disease Surgery Jaw claudication Giant cell arteritis medicine.anatomical_structure Tongue Erythrocyte sedimentation rate Biopsy medicine Neurology (clinical) Headaches medicine.symptom Vasculitis business |
| Zdroj: | Practical neurology. 16(3) |
| ISSN: | 1474-7766 |
| Popis: | A 78-year-old woman presented with a painful tongue ulcer and a 6-week history of temporal headaches and jaw claudication. She subsequently developed sudden vision loss in the right eye. Her erythrocyte sedimentation rate was elevated at 94 mm/1st hour ( |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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