A 65-year-old man develops a dull left-sided head pain for 5 days. He has no nausea or vomiting with the pain but has lost 4 kg over the past one month. His erythrocyte sedimentation rate is 102 mm/h, and he is mildly anemic. Which of the following is the most likely because of his presentation?
سؤال مجاني 6 من 10 اليوم · اشترك وكمّل بدون حد
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الإجابة: E. Temporal arthritis
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Basics of Neurology-Ali Rawas.pdf · p. 204
A man over 50 with new headache, weight loss, mild anaemia and ESR >100 = giant cell (temporal) arteritis (option E, 'temporal arthritis', is a typo for arteritis). ESR is often >50 and can exceed 100; normocytic anaemia is common.
- Stroke, migraine, meningitis and SAH do not explain a markedly raised ESR with constitutional symptoms.
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- Basics of Neurology-Ali Rawas.pdf · p. 204
UQU - Headache.pdf · p. 21 - المحاضرة
- Headache · Neurology · Module C
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