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Case Reports
. 1976 Oct;61(4):541-6.
doi: 10.1016/0002-9343(76)90335-1.

Bilateral scalp necrosis in temporal arteritis. A rare complication of Horton's disease

C W Soderstrom, J R Seehafer
Case Reports

Bilateral scalp necrosis in temporal arteritis. A rare complication of Horton's disease

C W Soderstrom et al. Am J Med. 1976 Oct.

Abstract

In an elderly man bilateral temporal scalp necrosis complicating temporal (systemic giant cell) arteritis developed. The patient also demonstrated other features characteristic of this entity: (1) exquisite scalp tenderness and headache, (2) onset late in life, (3) visual disturbances, (4) general debility, (5) diagnostic temporal artery biopsy, and (6) gradual healing with glucocorticosteroid therapy. A computer assisted review revealed 13 similar cases of scalp necrosis associated with temporal arteritis published in the English literature.

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