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Anterior ischemic optic neuropathy (AION) - Recognition of giant cell arteritis (GCA)

1) Is visual loss caused
vision in patients ... of GCA? ... ESR and/or CRP Temporal ... Doppler US : halo sign ... #Rheumatology #Ophthalmology
Giant Cell (Temporal) Arteritis: Clinical findings and Complications
Signs/Symptoms: 
 - Headache (usually constant, superimposed by waves
Giant Cell (Temporal ... Complications Signs ... Headache (usually ... claudication) - Vision ... Complications #Signs
Approach to Headaches - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm

Red flags (PHANTOMS):
 • Pattern change, progressively worse, papilledema
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• Meningeal signs ... ) • Systemic symptoms ... and signs (e.g. ... Space-occupying brain lesion ... meningitis) • Temporal
Giant Cell (Temporal) Arteritis: Pathogenesis and investigations
Risk Factors:
 - Unclear environmental triggers (may be viral, not
Giant Cell (Temporal ... expression - Age: GCA ... yrs old; F>M Signs ... Vasculitic skin lesions ... Pathophysiology #Diagnosis #Signs
Giant cell arteritis (GCA)

Giant cell arteritis (GCA) definition: Most common systemic inflammatory vasculitis in older adults
systemic sx + signs ... GCA versus Temporal ... claudication, headaches ... required +/- prompt ophthalmology ... #Temporal #Signs
Signs and Symptoms Associated With Different Headache Etiologies
 • Nonfocal mental status changes - Meningitis, encephalitis,
Signs and Symptoms ... arteries - Temporal ... pressure, mass lesions ... and VI) - Mass lesion ... #signs #symptoms
Photophobia and Headache - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Why?
• The coexistence of photophobia and headache suggests the potential
mydriasis, miosis • Tension-type ... between migraine and tension-type ... symptoms - Miosis ... meningeal irritation signs ... differential #diagnosis #ophthalmology
13 Dangerous Causes of Headache:
 - subarachnoid hemorrhage: family history, PCKD, known berry aneurysm, sudden and
Dangerous Causes of Headache ... , red eye - temporal ... shoulder girdle symptoms ... thrombophilia, neurologic signs ... /symptoms in non-arterial
Growth Hormone Excess - Pathogenesis and clinical findings
 • Acromegaly and gigantism share the same pathophysiology
to growth plate fusion ... Pressure: • Headache ... visual acuity • Bitemporal ... Overproduction #diagnosis #signs ... #symptoms #endocrinology
Behçet's Syndrome
Systemic disease associated with inflammation of multiple organs, small-vessel vasculitis and large-vessel vasculopathy
Epidemiology:
 • Young
meningitis), MCC CNS symptoms ... (headache and diplopia ... inhibitors • Uveitis- Ophthalmology ... diagnosis #management #signs ... #symptoms #rheumatology