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Ischaemic intermittent claudication of the masticatory muscles: two case reports

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Intermittent claudication of the masticatory muscles is an unusual symptom sometimes described in association with temporal arteritis. We describe here two cases where this symptom was due to insufficient blood supply to the masticatory muscles caused by atherosclerotic changes of carotid vessels. In one of our cases surgical revascularization was followed by the disappearance of this symptom.

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La „claudicatio intermittens” dei muscoli masticatori è un sintomo piuttosto raro, descritto talora in associazione con l'arterite temporale. Vengono qui riportati due casi in cui questo sintomo era causato da un ridotto apporto ematico ai muscoli masticatori conseguente ad alterazioni di natura arteriosclerotica a carico dei vasi carotidei. In uno dei nostri casi fu effettuato un intervento chirurgico di rivascolarizzazione (endoarteriectomia carotidea) cui conseguì la scomparsa della „claudicatio intermittens” dei muscoli masticatori.

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Argentino, C., Iadecola, C., Pistolese, G.R. et al. Ischaemic intermittent claudication of the masticatory muscles: two case reports. Ital J Neuro Sci 1, 269–274 (1979). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02336709

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