Musculoskeletal and Rheumatology Flashcards

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What are the mechanism and ADRs of methotrexate?

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MOA: Folate antimetabolite

ADR: Hepatotoxicity, Stomatitis, Cytopenias

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What are the mechanism and ADRs of Leflunomide?

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MOA: Pyrimidine synthesis inhibitor

ADR: Hepatotoxicity, Cytopenias

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What are the mechanism and ADRs of Hydroxychloroquine?

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MOA: TNF & IL-1 suppressor

ADR: Retinopathy

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What are the mechanism and ADRs of Sulfasalazine?

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MOA: TNF & IL-1 suppressor

ADR: Hepatotoxicity, Stomatitis, Hemolytic anemia ([S]ulfasalazine [S]lices)

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What are the class/mechanism and ADRs of adalimumab, certolizumab, etanercept, golimumab, infliximab?

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TNF inhibitors

ADR: Infection, Demyelination, Congestive heart failure, Malignancy

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Which stage of Lyme disease?

- Erythema migrans, fatigue, headache, myalgias, arthralgias

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Early localized

days to 1 month

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Which stage of Lyme disease?
- multiple erythema migrans, unilateral/bilateral CN palsy (eg, CN VII), meningitis, carditis (eg, AV block), migratory arthralgias

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Early disseminated

weeks to months

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Which stage of Lyme disease?

- arthritis, encephalitis, peripheral neuropathy

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Late

months to years

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  • Asian or Middle Eastern descent
  • Painful oral/genital ulcers is association with erythema nodosum-like lesions of the skin
  • Ocular lesions (e.g. anterior uveitis, blindness)
A

Behçet Syndrome

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Rheumatologic Condition:

  • RA-like symptoms or hx of RA
  • Splenomegaly
  • Neutropenia/recurrent infections
A

Felty Syndrome (“Felt” my splenomegaly)

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What is the difference between Systemic Sclerosis and CREST?

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A spectrum of disease:
CREST = Calcinosis, Raynaud’s Esophageal Dysmotility, Sclerodactyly, Telangiectasia

When the above also involves the lungs, heart, and kidney it is scleroderma (a.k.a. systemic sclerosis)

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What are the features of systemic sclerosis?

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All of the features of CREST in addition to:

  • Skin: Fibrosis of the hands, face, neck and extremities
  • GI: GERD, diverticuli, diarrhea
  • Renal: hypertensive crises
  • Lung: fibrosis leading to restrictive lung disease and pulmonary hypertension
  • Cardiac: myocardial fibrosis, pericarditis, and heart block, RVH
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Pituitary irregularities
Parathyroid
Pancreatic islet cells

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“Three P’s” = MEN1

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Medullary thyroid carcinoma
Pheochromocytoma
Parathyroid

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“Two P’s” = MEN 2A

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Mucosal neuroma/Marfanoid habitus
Medullary thyroid carcinoma
Pheochromocytoma

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“One P” = MEN 2B

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Porphyria Cutanea Tarda

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Blistering of sun-exposed skin in patients with a history of liver disease (e.g. Hepatitis C, alcoholism), estrogen use or iron overload (hemochromatosis)

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Condition presenting with:
Fever
GI symptoms: severe abdominal pain, nausea, vomiting
Neurological abnormalities
Polyneuropathy: non-specific pain, weakness/fatigue, paresthesia, paresis
Seizures
Psychiatric abnormalities: hallucinations, disorientation, anxiety, insomnia
Autonomic dysfunction: tachycardia, hypertension
Red-purple urine
No skin involvement

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Acute Intermittent Porphyria

18
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Anti-CCP Ab is specific for?

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RA

19
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Anti-dsDNA and anti-Sm antibodies are specific for?

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SLE

20
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Anti-histone Ab is specific for?

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Drug-induced lupus

think: histone like “hist”amine –> IgE response to drugs

21
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Anti-Scl-70 Ab is specific for?

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Systemic sclerosis

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Anti-[c]entromere Ab is specific for?

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Limited ([c]utaneous) systemic sclerosis ([C]REST)

23
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Anti-Jo-1 Ab is specific for?

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Polymyositis/Dermatomyositis

24
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Patient presents with Raynaud phenomenon, hand/finger swelling, arrthritis/synovitis, inflammatory myopathy, pulmonary hypertension, malar or discoid rash, and mild CNS and/or renal disease.

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Mixed Connective Tissue Disease = overlap of SLE, scleroderma and polymyositis

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Anti-U1 ribonuclear protein (RNP) is specific for?

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Mixed Connective Tissue Disease