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Cardioembolism: A Rare Cause of Jaw Claudication

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 December 2014

Daniela Toffoli ,
Stanley Élysée ,
Manuel J. Dominguez  and
Sylvain Lanthier
Daniela Toffoli
Affiliation:
Department of Medicine, Centre hospitalier de l'Université de Montréal, Université de Montréal, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Stanley Élysée
Affiliation:
Department of Medicine, Centre hospitalier de l'Université de Montréal, Université de Montréal, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Manuel J. Dominguez
Affiliation:
Department of Medicine, Centre hospitalier de l'Université de Montréal, Université de Montréal, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Sylvain Lanthier
Affiliation:
Department of Medicine, Centre hospitalier de l'Université de Montréal, Université de Montréal, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
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Abstract

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Jaw claudication (JC) results from ischemia of the masticatory muscles, typically caused by temporal arteritis and other arteriopathies affecting the external carotid artery (ECA).

We documented a case of JC resulting from cardioembolic occlusion of the ECA and searched both English and French literature on the Medline database (1966-October 2006) to identify previous reports. We combined the keywords “jaw claudication” with either “cardiogenic embolism”, “cardiac embolism”, “cardioembolism”, “etiology”, “cause”, or “carotid occlusion”.

Type
Peer Reviewed Letter
Information
Canadian Journal of Neurological Sciences , Volume 34 , Issue 2 , May 2007 , pp. 254 - 255
Copyright
Copyright © The Canadian Journal of Neurological 2007

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