7th June 2021

A 60-year-old man presents to A&E complaining of right-sided visual loss

A 60-year-old man presents to A&E complaining of right-sided visual loss. He tells you that over the past several hours, he has had several episodes where his right eye appears to become “blacked out” – this lasts for a few minutes before spontaneously resolving. He is also complaining of a severe headache, and on examination has significant right-sided temporal tenderness. There are no external abnormalities of note on examination of his eyes. 

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