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Rheumatology 2 Flashcards

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Treatment of ILD associated with systemic sclerosis

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Mycophenolate

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Specific lab feature for diagnosis of TB in pleural effusion

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HIGH adenosine deaminase

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Most common pulmonary manifestation of RA

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Rheumatoid pleuritis

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Specific lab feature of adult still disease

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Extremely high serum ferritin

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SE’s of lyrica

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  • weight gain, peripheral edema, lethargy, dizziness
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HSP diagnosis

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Skin biopsy with immunofluorescence

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Treatment of relapsed GPA

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Rituximab

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management of refractory SLE

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Belimumab

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what is acute cutaneous lupus erythematosus?

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  • derm presentation of SLE – classic malar (butterfly) rash
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clinical description of malar rash

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bright patches over both cheeks AND nasal bridge

*No nasolabial fold involvement

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What is subacute cutaneous lupus erythematous in general?

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  • different subtype of cutaneous lupus
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Rosacea vs. SLE

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rosacea = inflammatory papules, pustules, telangiectasisas

*nasolabial fold involvement

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Treatment of primary angiitis of the CNS

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Cyclophosphamide

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When patients on chronic steroids need to be on bisphosphonates

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*moderate or high 10 yr risk of major fracture + at least 2.5 mg of pred daily for 3 months

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subacute cutaneous lupus erythematosus clinical features

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young woman with lupus features + annular rash with central clearing or papulosquamous with patchy erythematous plaques and papules

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Treatment options for chronic calcium pyrophosphate arthropathy

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  • low-dose steroids
  • low dose colchicine
  • NSAIDS
  • you don’t use allopurinol because allopurinol is urate-lowering therapy, but calcium pyrophosphate deposition results from calcium pyrophosphate rather than uric acid deposition
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medical term for pseudogout

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acute calcium pyrophosphate crystal arthritis

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good treatment option for OA with NSAID contraindications

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Duloxetine

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c-ANCA (GPA) antigen

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proteinase 3 (PR3)

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p-ANCA antigen

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myeloperoxidase (MPO)

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CREST syndrome is

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Calcinosis
Raynaud’s
Esophageal dysmotility, Sclerodactyly
Telangiectasias.

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anti synthetase syndrome clinical features

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  • myositis + raynaud’s + mechanic’s hand + ILD

- 1/3 of patients with immune-mediated myopathy have constellation of findings termed “antisynthetase syndrome”

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Mechanic’s hands + clinical association

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  • thickened skin resembling skin of mechanic

- feature of patients with myositis

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Polyarteritis nodosa clinical features

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He is pissing blood + has a BP cough around his neck + right foot and left hand in bowling water + covered in darts + in a wheelchair/presentation is multi-systemic: renal: glomerulonephritis + hypertension, nervous: peripheral neuropathy + mononeuritis multiplex, GI: mesenteric ischemia/bowel infarction, bleeding, Musculoskeletal: myositis, arthritis.

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Medical term for Churg-Strauss

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Eosinophilic granulomatosis with polyangiitis

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Eosinophilic granulomatosis with polyangiitis clinical features

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Poly Nichols laying in bed. Andrew purpura to the right of the bed + has big headphones on + red eyes + + feet and hands in a bucket. Polly Nichols has nails driven into her sinuses and wrist/foot drop + she’s using a huge inhaler/presentation = asthma + sinusitis + skin nodules or purpura + peripheral neuropathy (eg wrist/foot drop) + uveitis + conductive/hearing loss + muscle/joint pain.

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Complement levels in mixed cryoglobulinemia

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  • C3 is unaffected
  • C4 is low
  • CH50 is low (CH50 is total hemolytic complement)
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anti-centromere antibodies association

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CREST syndrome

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antibody associated with systemic sclerosis

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anti-topoisomerase

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Principles of RA care

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1) Care by rheumatologist
2) DMARD ASAP
3) Tight control, treat to target strategy (adjusting therapy to treat a composite clinical outcome)

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Management of RA patient resistant to initial DMARD therapy

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Combination of DMARDS
- MTX + sulfasalazine and hydroxychloroquine
OR
- MTX + TNF inhibitor

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Screening prior to starting DMARD

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  • Hep B AND C

* latent TB

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Hep B testing prior to starting DMARD

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Hep B surface antigen and HBV core antibody

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Screening prior to starting hydroxychloroquine

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  • baseline optho exam
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Management of active RA

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  • anti-inflammatory therapy with NSAID or steroid (depending on degree of disease activity)
  • start DMARD therapy with MTX (may take weeks to months to achieve optimal effects)
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contraindication to DMARD

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active infection

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RA during pregnancy

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RA often improves or remits completely during pregnancy

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HPV screening age interval

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21 to 65

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HPV testing for different age groups per USPSTF

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21-29 = Pap test q 3 years
30 and over = Pap test q 3 years OR primary HPV testing alone (only certain tests are approved) q 5 years OR contesting (Pap and HPV testing) q 5 years
*can cotest once you’re 30

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Behcet’s disease clinical features

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recurrent and painful oral ulcers + genital ulcerations + ocular disease (uveitis) + skin lesions, gastrointestinal involvement, neurologic disease, vascular disease, or arthritis

41
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Countries where Behcet’s incidence is higher

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  • Turkey (80 to 370 cases per 100,000) while the prevalence ranges from 13.5 to 35 per 100,000 in Japan, Korea, China, Iran, Iraq, and Saudi Arabia
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Treatment of Behcet’s syndrome

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IF oral or genital ulcers –> topical steroids
For prevention of recurrent oral and genital ulcers –> colchicine
IF more severe disease –> systemic steroids

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Anti-GBM disease is

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Goodpasture’s

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Anti-GBM disease clinical features

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Lungs on + and attacking the basement membrane with a pickaxe + pissing blood all over the place + coughing up blood all over himself (NEPHRITIC)/patients are typically young men with onset of pulmonary symptoms like fatigue, dyspnea, and hemoptysis and renal symptoms – dysuria, hematuria, and renal failure.

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Anti-GBM disease treatment

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Diego hooked up to plasmapheresis machine/treatment = emergent plasmapheresis.

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Treatment of MPGN

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IF immune complex-mediated (hep C or b associated) – treat underlying disease

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Initial treatment of GPA

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steroids = rituxan

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Serology in RA

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  • Many patients have “seronegative” RA, typically early on in disease course (thus often have negative ANA, RF, and CCP
  • RA is A CLINICAL DIAGNOSIS
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RA presentation

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  • morning stiffness improving with activity
  • small joint involvement (PIP, MCP, MTP) sparing DIP
  • joints are warm and tender to touch
  • rheumatoid nodules
  • symmetric, polyarticular joint pain
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Derm presentation of systemic sclerosis

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  • skin thickening over hands and fingers + digital ulceration
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Presentation of ILD associated with systemic sclerosis

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  • basilar crackles

- interstitial markings on CXR

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alopecia areata clinical features

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  • commonly associated with other autoimmune disorders
  • chronic, recurring, often spontaneously recover but commonly relapse
  • smooth, circular patches of hair loss
  • exclamation point hairs seen at margins (larger on top than at their base) + extractable with minimal traction
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management of alopecia areata

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  • intralesional steroid injections (or topical if refusing steroids)
  • sometimes no treatment
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Management of AIHA

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First line = steroids

Second line = splenectomy

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MAHA on peripheral smear

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red cell fragmentation (schistocytes)

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Peutz-Jeghers syndrome presentation

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  • mucocutaneous pigmentation (multiple brown spots on lips and buccal mucosa)
  • multiple hamartomatous GI tract polyps and pigmented mucocutaneous papules
  • GI symptoms: rectal bleeding, obstruction, abdominal pain
  • young age
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Peutz-Jeghers syndrome is associated with increased risk for what?

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  • malignancy (both GI and non-GI malignancy)
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Screening for Peutz-Jeghers

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  • c-scope at age 18
  • EGD and small-bowel series starting at age 8
  • early mammograms
  • testicular exam starting at age 12
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ovarian cancer presentation

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  • subtle (bloating, pelvic pressure)
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Other clinical + lab features of eosinophilic granulomatosis with polyangiitis

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CLINICAL:
- ***asthma
- chronic rhinosinusitis with nasal polyps
- necrotizing glomerulonephritis
- tender subcutaneous nodules 
- migratory polyarthritis
LAB:
- eosinophilia
- granulomatous
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Treatment of churg strauss

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  • systemic steroids with or without cyclophosphamide
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Diagnosis of churg strauss

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  • tissue biopsy (lung or kidney)
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GPA vs. churg-strauss

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Churg-strauss = asthma + nasal polyps + eosinophilia

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Management of joint destruction in RA causing refractory pain, functional disability

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refer to orthopedics (pain is typically from mechanical stress of joint deformities and or destruction)

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Reactive arthritis features

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  • asymmetric oligoarthritis
  • enthesisitis
  • conjunctivitis
  • OR oral ulcers
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First line therapy for reactive arthritis

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NSAIDS

67
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Most common complications of tattoos

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1) local staph infections

2) hypersensitivity reactions from metals in ink

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Variable correlated with poorer functional outcomes in RA

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  • High titer CCP
  • higher number of involved joints
  • positive RF
  • higher inflammatory markers
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Presentation of septic olecranon bursitis

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  • warmth, swelling, fever of elbow joint
  • synovial fluid count greater than 3K
  • gram stain may be negative
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Treatment of septic olecranon bursitis

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drain fluid + systemic anti-staphylococcal abx

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Finding that commonly causes DXA result to be inaccurate

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osteophytes + other abnormal calcifications (this is why treatment decisions should be based on lowest bone density measurement)

72
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Antihypertensives of choice for patients with gout

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Losartan

CCBs

73
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Meds that can increase risk of gout flair

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  • diuretics

* beta blockers

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Next step after suspected Raynaud’s

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Nailfold capillary examination (differentiates between primary and secondary raynaud’s – normal nail fold capillaroscopy suggests primary reynaud’s, abnormal suggests secondary, so patient should be evaluated for an underlying disorder)

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HSP clinical features

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  • renal dysfunction
  • palpable purpura
  • abdominal pain
  • arthritis
  • can be in adults too
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description of palpable purpura

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  • multiple raised, erythematous, non blanching lesions on lower extremities
77
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PMR clinical features

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  • elevated ESR
  • elderly patient
  • neck, shoulder, proximal thigh or hip involvement (may not have hip)
  • decreased ROM in shoulders, neck, and hips
  • constitutional symptoms
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Diabetic amyotrophy clinical features

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  • acute asymmetrical pain followed by gradually worsening proximal lower extremity and back weakness
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atypical features of hyperthyroidism in elderly patients

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  • dyspnea, apathy (rather than hyperactivity), paradoxical constipation
  • Afib
80
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Long term complication of Sjogren syndrome

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  • NHL
81
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What is a pleomorphic adenoma?

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Common benign salivary gland tumor

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Treatment of Lofgren syndrome

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NSAIDs

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Lofgren syndrome clinical features

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  • erythema nodosum + bilateral ankle arthritis + hilar adenopathy
    (variant of sarcoidosis)
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Sjogren syndrome clinical features

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  • chronic dry eyes + dry mouth
  • 25% have extra glandular manifestations: *RTA + DI, chronic interstitial nephritis, lung, nervous system, heart involvement, *Rayonouds
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clinical features of mixed cryoglobulinemia

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  • palpable purpura, arthralgias, MPGN, neuropathy

- can see skin necrosis and gangrene in some patients

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mixed cryoglobulinemia lab features

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  • positive ANA + RF

- low C3 + C4 (confirm)

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Other presentation of GPA

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  • ocular involvement
88
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Drugs causing drug-induced SLE

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  • hydralazine
  • procainamide
  • minocycline
  • anti-tumor necrosis factor agents
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drug-induced SLE clinical and lab features (distinct from SLE

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  • normal complement

- less likely to cause CNS, heme, or renal abnormalities

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autoantibodies positive in drug-induced SLE

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histone autoantibodies

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Sarcoidosis diagnosis

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  • requires biopsy (demonstrating pathologic evidence of noncaseating granulomas)
  • biopsy most accessible site of disease involvement, which is typically endobronchial ultrasound with nodal aspiration for mediastinal lymph node sampling
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pseudogout caveat

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  • crystal microscopy has low sensitivity (CPPD crystals are small and often scarce)
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Preferred antihypertensive for suspected aortic dissection

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First line: Beta blockers (labetalol) (you also want to decrease LV contractility to reduce aortic wall shear stress)
Second line: nitroprusside

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Symptomatic PDA presentation

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  • continuous murmur
  • wide pulse pressure
  • bounding pulses
  • best auscultated pulmonic position
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Sequela of unprepared PDA

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Increased risk of infective endarteritis

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description of murmur from PDA

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  • continuous murmur in the left infraclavicular region
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Allopurinol titration in gout

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  • never adjust dose or discontinue until 3-4 weeks after the acute inflammation subsides
  • typically increased until serum uric acid is below 6
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Management of dermatitis associated with SLE

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Mild – topical steroids
Moderate – plaquenil
Severe – immunosuppressive drugs

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Limited cutaneous systemic sclerosis features

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  • puffy fingers distal to MCP joints

- sclerosis distal to elbows and knees, sparing trunk and proximal extremities

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