Scalp necrosis in giant cell arteritis in an African-Colombian patient

J Clin Rheumatol. 2009 Sep;15(6):313-5. doi: 10.1097/RHU.0b013e3181b1907e.
No abstract available

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Aged
  • Anti-Inflammatory Agents / therapeutic use
  • Black People / ethnology
  • Colombia
  • Giant Cell Arteritis / complications*
  • Giant Cell Arteritis / ethnology
  • Giant Cell Arteritis / pathology*
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Necrosis / diagnosis
  • Necrosis / drug therapy
  • Necrosis / etiology
  • Prednisone / therapeutic use
  • Scalp / pathology*
  • Treatment Outcome

Substances

  • Anti-Inflammatory Agents
  • Prednisone