Case Presentation: Two patients developed tongue necrosis as an unusual presentation of giant cell arteritis (GCA).Case 1:A 61-year-old female presented with a one month history of painful swelling and ulceration of her tongue with weight loss. She received a punch biopsy of her tongue that showed ischemic, necrotic, and autolytic changes. After large areas of [...]

Case Presentation: An 80-year-old female was admitted with sudden right-sided weakness, expressive aphasia and left partial loss of vision. She denied preceding temporal tenderness, jaw claudication, headaches, history of tick bites, and new rashes. While her weakness and aphasia resolved within an hour, her vision impairment persisted. Initial CT and MRI scans showed no acute [...]