Temporal Arteritis Presenting as Scalp Necrosis

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Identifier 19960213_nanos_posters_29
Title Temporal Arteritis Presenting as Scalp Necrosis
Creator Martha P. Schatz
Affiliation San Antonio, TX
Subject Temporal Arteritis; Scalp Necrosis; Systemic Morbidity; Visual Loss
Description Temporal arteritis is a rather uncommon yet very devastating cause of systemic morbidity and visual loss in the elderly population. Common presentation is chronic headache, malaise, and jaw claudication. We report a case of temporal arteritis which initially presented as loss of hair and subsequent scalp necrosis.
Date 1996-02-13
Language eng
Format application/pdf
Type Text
Source 1996 North American Neuro-Ophthalmology Society Annual Meeting
Relation is Part of NANOS 1996: Poster Presentations (Session 2)
Collection Neuro-Ophthalmology Virtual Education Library: NANOS Annual Meeting Collection: https://novel.utah.edu/collection/nanos-annual-meeting-collection/
Publisher North American Neuro-Ophthalmology Society
Holding Institution Spencer S. Eccles Health Sciences Library, University of Utah
Rights Management Copyright 1996. For further information regarding the rights to this collection, please visit: https://NOVEL.utah.edu/about/copyright
ARK ark:/87278/s6df9xsm
Context URL The NANOS Annual Meeting Neuro-Ophthalmology Collection: https://novel.utah.edu/collection/NAM/toc/
Setname ehsl_novel_nam
ID 182611
Reference URL https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6df9xsm
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