tommyk
07-09-2005, 09:51 PM
Elderly female pt. Has loss of vision in left eye, generalized fatigue, left sided headaches, arthritis, mild weight loss. She has...(Optic neuritis, Temporal arteritis, neoplasm adjacent to optic chiasm, closed angle glaucoma) Pick one...
a) Temporal arteritis! do not be fooled by the eye symptom and get too mislead to picking the other choices. Temporal arteritis is common and has the arthritis mixed with the vision and headaches. Administer corticosteroids to prevent blindness.
a) Temporal arteritis! do not be fooled by the eye symptom and get too mislead to picking the other choices. Temporal arteritis is common and has the arthritis mixed with the vision and headaches. Administer corticosteroids to prevent blindness.