A 64-Year-Old Caucasian Female Presents to Your Office with Headache

question 627

Multiple Choice

A 64-year-old Caucasian female presents to your office with headache followed by sudden onset of blindness in her right eye.  She was recently admitted to the hospital for fever, pelvic and shoulder girdle pain and weight loss.  This patient's condition is most likely caused by:

• A)Carotid artery atherosclerosis
• B)Cardiac embolism
• C)Hypoxic encephalopathy
• D)Hypertensive encephalopathy
• E)Large vessel arteritis
• F)Hypertensive arteriolar sclerosis
• G)Cerebral amyloid angiopathy
• H)Arteriovenous malformation
• I)Saccular aneurysm
• J)Charcot-Bouchard aneurysm

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