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Tongue Necrosis as an Initial Manifestation of Giant Cell Arteritis: Case Report and Review of the Literature

Giant cell arteritis (GCA) is a systemic vasculitis of medium and large arteries that mainly affects the external carotid artery. It is a diagnosis of the elderly that typically presents as low-grade fever, temporal tenderness, claudication of the jaw, and in some patients vision loss. In cases wher...

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Publicado en:Case Rep Rheumatol
Main Authors: Zaragoza, Jose R., Vernon, Natalia, Ghaffari, Gisoo
Formato: Artigo
Idioma:Inglês
Publicado: Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2015
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Acceso en liña:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4329787/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25802790
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2015/901795
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