• Mund Kiefer Gesichtschir · Feb 1997

    Case Reports

    Oral manifestations of giant cell arteritis.

    • J E van der Wal and I van der Waal.
    • Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery/Oral Pathology, University Hospital Vrije Universiteit, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
    • Mund Kiefer Gesichtschir. 1997 Feb 1;1(1):65-7.

    AbstractGiant cell arteritis is a systemic disease of unknown origin characterized by vasculitis of medium-sized and larger vessels, found mainly in elderly women. It presents with a variety of symptoms, including temporal pain and tenderness, headache, and neuroophthalmic features. This report describes a case of giant cell arteritis in a 78-year-old woman with a large ulceration on the right side of the tongue, painful lesion in the right temporal area, and recent visus loss of the right eye.

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