ABSTRACT
Tongue necrosis is a rare clinical finding because of its rich vascularisation. Giant cell arteritis (GCA) is the most frequent cause of it, and when present, it is usually one side affected. We describe a patient with several months of constitutional syndrome; during that period, she develops headache followed by tongue necrosis, which lead to clinical suspicion of GCA, later confirmed by a temporal artery biopsy. Before the biopsy, she was treated with corticosteroids. We discuss this illness and tongue necrosis as a rare manifestation to consider.
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Giant Cell Arteritis , Tongue Diseases , Female , Humans , Giant Cell Arteritis/complications , Giant Cell Arteritis/diagnosis , Giant Cell Arteritis/drug therapy , Necrosis/pathology , Tongue Diseases/etiology , Tongue Diseases/complications , Temporal Arteries/pathology , Biopsy/adverse effects , Tongue/pathologyABSTRACT
La gonadotropina coriónica humana (hCG) es producida por el trofoblasto tanto en el embarazo como en la enfermedad trofoblástica gestacional (ETG). La subunidad α de la hCG es idéntica a las subunidades α de otras hormonas, como hormona luteinizante (LH), la hormona folículo estimulante (FSH) y la hormona estimulante de la tiroides (TSH). Una elevación marcada de hCG se asocia a la presencia de complicaciones como la hiperémesis gravídica, el desarrollo precoz de preeclampsia y, ocasionalmente, con el hipertiroidismo. Los procedimientos de laboratorio utilizados para la medición de los niveles de hCG son bastante sensibles y específicos para el estudio de las condiciones del trofoblasto (AU)
Human chorionic gonadotropin (hCG) is produced by trophoblasts in pregnancy as well as in gestational trophoblastic diseases (GTD). The alpha subunit is identical to that for luteinizing hormone (LH), follicle-stimulating hormone (FSH), and thyroid-stimulating hormone (TSH). Elevated serum levels of hCG can lead to complications that include hyperemesis gravidarum, early development of preeclampsia, and occasionally hyperthyroidism. Laboratory test for hCG are very sensitive and specific (AU)
