TY - JOUR T1 - Necrotic Tongue: A Rare Manifestation of Giant Cell Arteritis JF - The Journal of Rheumatology JO - J Rheumatol SP - 2688 LP - 2688 DO - 10.3899/jrheum.110780 VL - 38 IS - 12 AU - SCOTT JENNINGS AU - SANJAY SINGH Y1 - 2011/12/01 UR - http://www.jrheum.org/content/38/12/2688.abstract N2 - Necrotic tongue is described as a rare manifestation of giant cell arteritis (GCA)1,2,3 requiring immediate empirical steroid treatment.A 79-year-old woman was referred by her general practitioner for urgent surgical review of a necrotic tongue. She had been feeling fatigued for the previous 3 weeks and complained of throat and bilateral occipital neck pain that progressed to … ER -