A 72-year-old woman has new-onset temporal headache, scalp tenderness, and jaw claudication with ESR 72 mm/hr. What is the immediate management?...

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A 72-year-old woman has new-onset temporal headache, scalp tenderness, and jaw claudication with ESR 72 mm/hr. What is the immediate management?

Accepted Answer

Start high-dose oral prednisolone and urgent referral

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Wait for temporal artery biopsy

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Start low-dose aspirin only

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Start methotrexate only

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No treatment until temporal ultrasound

mrcgp akt MCQ (SBA): Temporal arteritis