Rheumatology Flashcards
3 key features of inflammatory arthritis
Joint pain, swelling and stiffness
Key feature of systemic juvenile idiopathic arthritis
Salmon pink rash
Systemic juvenile idiopathic arthritis common name
Stills disease
Typical features of systemic juvenile idiopathic arthritis
Salmon pink rash
Fevers, lymph nodes, weight loss, join pain and inflammation, splenomegaly, muscle pain, pleuritis
Blood tests for systemic juvenile idiopathic arthritis
AMA and RF normally negative
Raised inflammatory markers - CRP, ESR, platelets, ferritin
ESR low if macrophage activation syndrome
Key complication of systemic juvenile idiopathic arthritis
Macrophage activation syndrome
Overactivation of immune system -> DIC -> non blanching rash/ anaemia, thrombocytopenia
LOW ESR
Key differentials for children with fevers for more than 5 days (non infective)? (4)
Kawasaki disease, stills disease, rheumatic fever, leukaemia
5 types of juvenile idiopathic arthritis
Systemic, polyarticular, oligoarticular, enthesitis related, juvenile psoriatic
How many joints does polyarticular and oligoarticular juvenile idiopathic arthritis effect
Polyarticular 5 or more
Oligoarticular 4 or less
Signs and symptoms in polyarticular juvenile idopathic arthritis
5 or more joints with symmetrical arthritis.
Mild fever, anaemia, reduced growth
RA in children name
Polyarticular juvenile idiopathic arthritis
Condition associated with oligoarticular juvenile idiopathic arthritis
Anterior uveitis
Oligoarticular JIA presentation
Commonly only effects 1 joint
Girls under 6 years
Anterior uveitis association
Enthesis definition
Point at which tendon inserts onto bone
What is the name of the group of conditions: ankylosing spondylitis, psoriatic arthritis, reactive arthritis, IBD.
Seronegative spondyloarthropathy
Gene mutation in majority of enthesitis related juvenile idiopathic arthritis
HLA B27
How will patients with enthesitis related arthritis present
Tender palpation of entheses
Psoriasis, IBD, anterior uveitis
Seronegative meaning
RF test negative
4 types of management of juvenile idiopathic arthritis
NSAIDS
Steroids
DMARDS
Biologicals (tumour necrosis factor inhibitors)
Ehlers-danlos syndrome cause
Genetic defect in collagen
4 types of EDS
Hypermobile (most common) - soft stretchy skin
Classical - remarkably stretchy skin, very smooth. Hernias, prolapses, MR, aortic root dilatation
Vascular - thin translucent skin. Vessels prone to rupture
Kyphoscoliotic - hypotonia and kyphoscoliosis
Inheritance type of EDL
Autosomal dominant
Hypermobile (most common) is genetic but unknown
Scoring system for hyper mobility
Beighton score
Max of 9
Hypermobile EDS symptoms other than joint pain and hypermobility
Soft skin, easy brushing, GORD, IBS, PROM, incontinence, bleeding, autonomic dysfunction
POTS