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  • Title: Oral manifestations of giant cell arteritis.
    Author: van der Wal JE, van der Waal I.
    Journal: Mund Kiefer Gesichtschir; 1997 Feb; 1(1):65-7. PubMed ID: 9483933.
    Abstract:
    Giant 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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