Unmasking a Hidden Cause of Persistent Facial Ulceration: The Relevancy of a Neurologic Examination

Am J Med. 2016 Nov;129(11):e273-e275. doi: 10.1016/j.amjmed.2016.04.028. Epub 2016 May 20.

Authors

Kyle W Mahoney¹, Jules B Lipoff², Bennett W Clark³

Affiliations

¹ Department of Neurology, Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, Md. Electronic address: kmahone4@jhmi.edu.
² Department of Dermatology, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia.
³ Department of Medicine, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, Conn.

PMID: 27215908
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjmed.2016.04.028

No abstract available

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Biopsy
Chronic Disease
Diagnosis, Differential
Face
Female
Humans
Middle Aged
Skin Ulcer / diagnosis*
Skin Ulcer / drug therapy
Skin Ulcer / etiology
Skin Ulcer / microbiology
Stroke / complications
Syndrome
Trigeminal Nerve Diseases / diagnosis*
Trigeminal Nerve Diseases / drug therapy
Trigeminal Nerve Diseases / etiology*
Trigeminal Nerve Diseases / microbiology