Bitemporal scalp necrosis in giant-cell arteritis

Joint Bone Spine. 2018 Oct;85(5):635-636. doi: 10.1016/j.jbspin.2017.12.010. Epub 2017 Dec 28.
No abstract available

Keywords: Giant-cell arteritis; Ulcerations; Vasculitis.

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • Letter

MeSH terms

  • Adrenal Cortex Hormones / therapeutic use
  • Aged
  • Biopsy, Needle
  • Diagnosis, Differential
  • Giant Cell Arteritis / complications*
  • Giant Cell Arteritis / diagnosis*
  • Humans
  • Immunohistochemistry
  • Male
  • Necrosis / pathology
  • Rare Diseases
  • Risk Assessment
  • Skin Ulcer / complications*
  • Skin Ulcer / drug therapy
  • Skin Ulcer / pathology
  • Temporal Bone*
  • Treatment Outcome

Substances

  • Adrenal Cortex Hormones