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Tongue necrosis in temporal arteritis provoked by ergotamine
J Bondeson1, U B Ericsson, P Falke
1Department of Medicine, Malmö General Hospital, University of Lund, Sweden.
Journal of Internal Medicine
|December 1, 1992
Abstract:
A case of tongue necrosis in a patient with temporal arteritis who was taking ergotamine is described, and the role of ergotamine tartrate in provoking the tongue necrosis is considered. The literature on this unusual complication is critically reviewed, and the value of a carotid angiography in assessing the tongue ischaemia is exemplified.