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CASE #23
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WHAT ADVICE WOULD YOU GIVE THE PATIENTS PHYSICIANS?
No visual signs of temporal arteritis
Base the therapy on symptoms, not on ESR levels
No active constitutional symptoms of temporal arteritis
Taper steroid regimen once again
If ESR remains high, consider workup for paraproteinemia and other sources of elevated ESR
The patient was sent back to the referring physicians.
Click for results of 6-month follow-up
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