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#āϕ⧇āχāϏ_āĻĄāĻŋāϏāĻ•āĻžāĻļāύ_ā§Š 🔍
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√ āϏāĻ āĻŋāĻ• āωāĻ¤ā§āϤāϰāĻĻāĻžāϤāĻž : Raju Arian, Al Amin RN, Mizanur Rahman Fahim, Shaker Ahmed, Raihan Uddin, Samiul Haque Rahib, āĻĄāĻžāσ āĻŽā§āĻšāĻžāĻŽā§āĻŽāĻžāĻĻ āφāϰāĻŋāĻĢ,G S Saklain, Khalid Hassan Tanim
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âŦ› āĻŽāĻŋāϏ⧇āϏ āϰāĻžāĻŦā§‡ā§ŸāĻž, āϤāĻžāϰ āĻŦ⧟āϏ ā§­ā§Ļ āĻāϰ āĻ•āĻžāĻ›āĻžāĻ•āĻžâ€ŒāĻ›āĻŋāĨ¤ āĻ—ā§āϰāĻžāĻŽā§‡ āĻĨāĻžāϕ⧇āύāĨ¤āϤāĻžāϰ āĻāĻ•āĻ—āĻžāĻĻāĻž āĻ•āĻŽāĻĒā§āϞ⧇āχāύāĨ¤đŸ˜´đŸ˜´ āĻ—āϤ ā§Ģ āĻŽāĻžāϏ āϝāĻžāĻŦā§Ž āĻœā§āĻŦāϰ⧇ āϭ⧁āĻ—āϛ⧇āύāĨ¤ āĻœā§āĻŦāϰ āĻ›āĻŋāϞ Low Grade, Continuous. āĻāχ ā§Ģ āĻŽāĻžāϏ⧇ āĻāϰ āϏāĻžāĻĨ⧇ āĻ›āĻŋāϞ āĻ•āĻžāρāϧ, āĻ•āĻŦā§āϜāĻŋ āφāϰ āĻšāĻžāρāϟ⧁āϰ āĻœā§Ÿā§‡āĻ¨ā§āĻŸā§‡ āĻŦā§āϝāĻĨāĻž, āϰāĻžāϤ⧇ āĻļāϰ⧀āϰ āĻ…āύ⧇āĻ• āϘāĻžāĻŽāĻžā§ŸāĨ¤ āĻ“āϜāύāĻ“ āύāĻžāĻ•āĻŋ āĻ•āĻŽā§‡ āϗ⧇āϛ⧇āĨ¤ āϘāύ āϘāύ āĻŽāĻžāĻĨāĻž āĻŦā§āϝāĻĨāĻžāĻ“ āĻšā§Ÿ, Temporal and Occipital Region-āĻāĨ¤ āĻŽāĻžāĻā§‡ āĻŽāĻžāĻā§‡ āĻšā§‹āϖ⧇ āĻĻ⧇āĻ–āϤ⧇āĻ“ āϏāĻŽāĻ¸ā§āϝāĻž āĻšā§ŸāĨ¤ āĻāĻ›āĻžā§œāĻž āĻ…āĻ¨ā§āϝ āϕ⧋āύ āϏāĻŽāĻ¸ā§āϝāĻž āĻŦāĻž āϰ⧋āĻ— āύ⧇āχāĨ¤ 😷
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âŦ› āĻ—ā§āϰāĻžāĻŽā§‡āϰ āĻŽāϜāĻŋāĻĻ āĻĄāĻžāĻ•ā§āϤāĻžāϰ āĻĢāĻžāĻ°ā§āĻŽā§‡āϏāĻŋāϤ⧇ āĻ•āĻŋ āĻ•āĻŋ āĻŦā§āϝāĻĨāĻžāϰ āĻ“āώ⧁āϧ āφāϰ āĻāĻ¨ā§āϟāĻŋāĻŦāĻžāϝāĻŧā§‹āϟāĻŋāĻ• āϜāĻžāύāĻŋ āĻĻāĻŋāϛ⧇, āĻ•āĻŋāĻ¨ā§āϤ⧁ āϕ⧋āύ āϞāĻžāĻ­ āĻšā§Ÿ āύāĻžāχāĨ¤ 😩
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âŦ› āĻĒāϰ⧇ āĻĸāĻžāĻ•āĻž āφāϏāϞ⧇āύ āĻĄāĻžāĻ•ā§āϤāĻžāϰ āĻĻ⧇āĻ–āĻžāχāϤ⧇āĨ¤
āĻ•āĻŽāĻĒā§āϞ⧇āχāύ āĻļ⧁āύ⧇ āφāϰ āĻāĻ•ā§āϏāĻžāĻŽāĻŋāύ⧇āĻļāύ āĻ•āϰ⧇(No Lymphadenopathy/Organomegaly) āĻĄāĻžāĻ•ā§āϤāĻžāϰ āϏāĻžāĻšā§‡āĻŦ āĻ•āĻŋāϛ⧁ āĻĒāϰ⧀āĻ•ā§āώāĻž āĻ•āϰāϤ⧇ āĻĻāĻŋāϞ⧇āύ -
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➡ CBC āĻ•āϰ⧇ āĻĻ⧇āĻ–āϞ⧇āύ Hb-9.8 g/dL, āϏāĻžāĻĨ⧇ āĻ›āĻŋāϞ High ESR (135 mm)
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➡ Urine R/M/E-Proteinuria (++), few RBC And Pus Cell
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➡ ECG, S.Creatinine ,Chest X-Ray, USG Of Abdomen āύāϰāĻŽāĻžāϞ āĻ›āĻŋāϞ
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➡ MT test - 7mm (āϝ⧇āĻšā§‡āϤ⧁ Chronic fever+weight loss)
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➡ CRP- 39 mg/dL (Normal <10)
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➡ RA test, ANA-Negative
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➡Blood and Urine culture-No growth (āϝ⧇āĻšā§‡āϤ⧁ āĻœā§āĻŦāϰ āĻ›āĻŋāϞ)
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➡CT-scan of Brain-Cerebrum āĻ Mild Atrophy āĻĒāĻžāĻ“ā§ŸāĻž āϗ⧇āϞ (āϝ⧇āĻšā§‡āϤ⧁ fever+Headache+Vision Problem āĻ›āĻŋāϞ)
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āĻŦāϞāϤ⧇ āĻšāĻŦ⧇,
âŦ› What is the Most Likely Dx  ?
âŦ› Dx āĻ•āĻŋāĻ­āĻžāĻŦ⧇ āĻ•āύāĻĢāĻžāĻ°ā§āĻŽ āĻ•āϰāĻŦā§‹ ?
âŦ› Immidiate Rx āĻ•āĻŋ āĻšāĻ“ā§ŸāĻž āωāϚāĻŋā§Ž āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āϕ⧇āύ ?
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#Answers:
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➡ Most Likely Dx : Giant Cell arteritis(Temporal Ateritis).
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âŦ› āĻāϟāĻž āĻāĻ• āϧāϰāύ⧇āϰ Granulomatous inflammation āϝāĻž  #Large_Arteries, āϝ⧇āĻŽāύ #Temporal/#Ophthalmic_Artery āϕ⧇ āϏāĻžāϧāĻžāϰāĻŖāϤ involve āĻ•āϰ⧇āĨ¤
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âŦ› āĻĄāĻžā§ŸāĻžāĻ—āύāĻ¸ā§āϟāĻŋāĻ• āĻĒā§Ÿā§‡āĻ¨ā§āϟāϏ :
âšĢ Common in 60-75 years old Female pt.
âšĢ Headache at temporal and occipital region (Scalp āĻ āϚāĻžāĻĒ āĻĻāĻŋāϞ⧇ Tenderness āĻĨāĻžāĻ•āĻŦ⧇), usually unilateral Headache
âšĢ Joint pain,Visual Disturbance
âšĢ Unexplained Fever,Night sweats, weight loss
âšĢ High ESR, CRP Raised, Microscopic Haematuria(few RBC in Urine R/M/E)
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☝āĻāĻ›āĻžā§œāĻž āĻ•āĻŋāϛ⧁ āĻĒ⧇āĻļ⧇āĻ¨ā§āϟ āĻŦāϞāϤ⧇ āĻĒāĻžāϰ⧇ āϚāĻŋāϰ⧁āύāĻŋ āĻĻāĻŋā§Ÿā§‡ āϚ⧁āϞ āφāρāϚ⧜āĻžāύ⧋āϰ āϏāĻŽā§Ÿ āĻŽāĻžāĻĨāĻžā§Ÿ āĻŦā§āϝāĻĨāĻž āĻ•āϰ⧇, āĻ–āĻžāĻ“ā§ŸāĻžāϰ āϏāĻŽā§Ÿ āĻšā§‹ā§ŸāĻžāϞ⧇ āĻŦā§āϝāĻĨāĻž āĻ•āϰ⧇ (Due to involvement of Facial, maxillary and Trigeminal brances of #External_Carotid_Artery)
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➡ Dx is confirmed by Biopsy of Temporal artery.
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âŦ› āϤāĻŦ⧇ Giant Cell Arteritis āĻšāϞ⧇ ā§Šā§Ļ% āĻ•ā§āώ⧇āĻ¤ā§āϰ⧇ āĻŦāĻžā§Ÿā§‹āĻĒāϏāĻŋāϰ āϰ⧇āϜāĻžāĻ˛ā§āϟ Negative āφāϏāϤ⧇ āĻĒāĻžāϰ⧇āĨ¤ āϤāĻ–āύ āĻ•ā§āϞāĻŋāύāĻŋāĻ•āĻžāϞ āĻĄāĻžā§ŸāĻ—āύ⧋āϏāĻŋāϏ⧇āϰ āωāĻĒāϰ āĻ­āĻŋāĻ¤ā§āϤāĻŋ āĻ•āϰ⧇āχ āϚāĻŋāĻ•āĻŋā§ŽāϏāĻž āĻ•āϰāϤ⧇ āĻšāĻŦ⧇āĨ¤
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➡ Immidiate Rx : Prednisolone 60-100 mg/Day for 1-2 months, āϤāĻžāϰāĻĒāϰ āĻŸā§‡āĻĒāĻžāϰāĻŋāĻ‚ āĻĄā§‹āĻœā§‡ āĻ•āĻŽāĻŋā§Ÿā§‡ āφāύāϤ⧇ āĻšāĻŦ⧇āĨ¤ āĻ¸ā§āĻŸā§‡āĻ°ā§Ÿā§‡āĻĄ āĻĻāĻŋāϤ⧇ āĻšāĻŦ⧇ #Blindness Pevent āĻ•āϰāĻžāϰ āϜāĻ¨ā§āϝāĨ¤ āĻ…āύ⧇āϕ⧇āϰ ā§§-ā§Š āĻŦāĻ›āϰ āĻĒāĻ°ā§āϝāĻ¨ā§āϤ āĻŸā§āϰāĻŋāϟāĻŽā§‡āĻ¨ā§āϟ āϞāĻžāĻ—āϤ⧇ āĻĒāĻžāϰ⧇āĨ¤
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âŦ› Giant Cell Arteritis āĻāϰ āϏāĻŦāĻšā§‡ā§Ÿā§‡ āĻ–āĻžāϰāĻžāĻĒ āĻ•āĻŽā§āĻĒāϞāĻŋāϕ⧇āĻļāύ āĻšāϞ⧋ #Irreversible_Blindness. inflammation āĻāϰ āĻ•āĻžāϰāϪ⧇ #Ophthalmic_Artery āϤ⧇ Occlusion āĻšāĻ“ā§ŸāĻžāϰ āĻĢāϞ⧇ āĻāχ Blindness āĻšā§ŸāĨ¤ Steroid immunosuppresion āĻāϰ āĻŽāĻžāĻ§ā§āϝāĻŽā§‡ Inflammation āĻ•āĻŽāĻŋā§Ÿā§‡ āĻĻā§‡ā§Ÿ, āϝāĻž Ophthalmic artery occlusion Prevent āĻ•āϰ⧇āĨ¤
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âŦ› āĻŦāĻžā§Ÿā§‹āĻĒāϏāĻŋ āύāĻŋāϤ⧇ āĻšāĻŦ⧇ āĻ¸ā§āĻŸā§‡āĻ°ā§Ÿā§‡āĻĄ āĻļ⧁āϰ⧁ āĻ•āϰāĻžāϰ āφāϗ⧇ āĻ…āĻĨāĻŦāĻž āĻ¸ā§āĻŸā§‡āϰāϝāĻŧ⧇āĻĄ āĻļ⧁āϰ⧁āϰ ā§­ āĻĻāĻŋāύ⧇āϰ āĻŽāĻ§ā§āϝ⧇āĨ¤

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