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Man presents with chronic headaches and progressive vision loss
A 60-year-old Hispanic man presented to the emergency department for evaluation of worsening chronic headaches and vision loss in the right eye more than the left eye. He had headaches for many years and had been managed with oral steroids by an outside neurologist. He began having vision loss 1 year before presentation.At age 16, the patient was diagnosed with pulmonary tuberculosis and was treated for 1.5 years. His medical history was significant for diabetes for which he was taking metformin, hypertension, pancreatitis of unknown cause, and deep venous thrombosis (Read more...)