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HEAD, EYE, EAR, NOSE, AND THROAT

EMERGENCIES

SYMPTOMS/EXAM

■ Headache over the eye or scalp

■ Low-grade fever

■ Eye pain

■ Malaise suggests polymyalgia rheumatic.

■ Jaw claudication

FIGURE 14.40. Optic neuritis with swollen disk. Seen in one-third of patients.

(Reproduced, with permission, from Kasper DL, Braunwald E, Fauci AS, et al. Harrison’s

Principles of Internal Medicine,16th ed. New York: McGraw-Hill, 2005:169.)

FIGURE 14.41. Patient with temporal arteritis. The superficial temporal artery is

prominent, tender, and pulseless.

(Reproduced, with permission, from Wolff K, Johnson RA, Suurmond D. Fitzpatrick’s Color

Atlas & Synopsis of Clinical Dermatology, 5th ed. New York: McGraw-Hill, 2005:417.)