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  • Title: [Giant cell arteritis and scalp necrosis].
    Author: Bygum A, Brandrup F.
    Journal: Ugeskr Laeger; 2000 May 01; 162(18):2566-7. PubMed ID: 10846957.
    Abstract:
    We present a case of a 75-year old woman, who developed scalp necrosis as a result of giant cell arteritis in the temporal arteries. This is a very rare, but serious complication of temporal arteritis, which implies an increased risk of visual loss and other catastrophic sequelae. Healing of the ulceration was achieved after cortico-steroid therapy supplemented with split skin transplantation.
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