MKSAP Flashcards
Typical clinical presentation of Behcet syndrome
Young Male from the Mediterranean region with recurrent painful oral and scrotal/vulvar ulcers and eye inflammation (panuveitis, retinal vasculitis, optic neuritis). They can also have neurological symptoms, GI symptoms, and arthralgia.
How do you establish the diagnosis of Behchets
International scorch guidelines:
1. Recurrent oral, genital or ocular inflammation
2. Pathergy
Pharmacological management of Behchets
- Colchicine (first line for muco-cutaneous manifestations)
- Apremilast (PDE-4 inhibitor) for recurrent oral lesions
- Glucocorticoids
- Azathioprine and thalidomide
- TNF-alpha agents
Inflammatory arthritis with DIP involvement
PsA
Steroids in PsA can ppt ____ psoriasis
Erythrodermic
2 drugs associated with ANCA vasculitis
PTU and levamisole
Monoclonal antibody FDA approved for EGPA
Mepolizumabable Mugratory Eosinophilic Granulomatosis with Polyangitis —> treated with IL-5 inhibition
The test I need before doing anything else for inflammatory back pain is __
HLA-B27
What does seronegativity imply?
RF, ANA, and CCP are negative
Initiating pregablin for fibromyalgia
Start at low doses at night and titrate to max of 225 mg daily
2 SNRIs approved by FDA for fibromyalgia
Milnacipran
Characteristic finding of CPPD synovial fluid analysis
Positively birefringent rhomboid shaped crystals
Timeline for temporal artery biopsy in GCA
2 weeks within intubation of steroids
Preferred first like therapy for GCA
High dose prednisone + tocilizumab
Imaging modality for Gout if arthrocentesis cannot be performed?
Dual energy CT and double contour sign in US
IL-1BC
Anakinra and Canakinumab
Allele associated with hypersensitivity to allopurinol
HLA-B*58:01
Cholenergic agonists used for treatment of sicca symptoms when behavioral management fails
Cevemiline and pilocarpine
Patients with sjogrens and lupus are at increased risk of this malignancy
NHL
Characteristic radio graphic feature of CCPD in MCP joints
Hooked osteophytes
4 conditions associated with CCPP
Hyper PTH
Hemochromatosis
Hypo PO4
Hypo Mg
DDx of sjogrens
Sarcoidosis
IgG4 related diseases
GPA
HIV
Hep C
Lymphoma
What is the timeline for development of Reactive arthritis
2-3 weeks
Cutaneous manifestations of reactive arthritis
Keratoderma blenorrhagicum and circinate Balanitis
Least common SpA
Reactive arthritis
Joint distribution for reactive arthritis
Asymmetric pauci arthritis involving the lower extremities
Treatment of reactive arthritis
NSAID x 2 weeks —> persistent —> steroids —> persistent for 3-6 months —> DMARDs for RA —> continued therapy for 3-6 months post disease resolution
Rx of IgG4 related disease
Long taper of steroids —> can add rituximab since disease recurs with discontinuation/taper of steroids