The Sport’s Bar Grandpa: an unusual left temporo-mandibular and tongue pain

The Sport’s Bar Grandpa: an unusual left temporo-mandibular and tongue pain

This case report describes the condition of an elderly patient admitted to hospital for a new onset headache and pain in the left temporo-mandibular joint, initially incorrectly interpreted as an angioedema, but that evolved into a tongue infarction.

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Paolo Leandri, Maurizio Ongari, Gelorma Belmonte, Angelo Pasquale, Magda Mazzetti, Daniela Domenica Giannini, Amedeo Evangelisti, Mauro Righi, Altin Stafa, Luigi Simonetti, Roberto Nardi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: PAGEPress Publications 2014-09-01
Series:Italian Journal of Medicine
Subjects:
giant cell arteritis, GCA, polymyalgia rheumatica, Horton’s temporal arteritis, cranial arteritis, large-vessel arteritis and aortitis.
Online Access:http://www.italjmed.org/index.php/ijm/article/view/473

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