Rheumatology

Question 1

What can present as chronic polyarticular arthritis

Answer 1

Rheumatoid

Gout

Question 2

Acute polyarthritis may result from

Answer 2

Infections
Post vaccination effects
Gout (maybe)

Question 3

Chronic monoarthritis that is inflammatory is often caused by what pathogen ?

Answer 3

Lyme disease - Borrelia burgdorferi

Question 4

Osteoarthritis gets better with

Pain is usually

Answer 4

Rest- usually improves the symptoms from osteoarthritis.

Mild

Question 5

Gout/ Crystalline monoarthritic disease

Answer 5

Very painful and very inflammatory process.

Question 6

WBC counts above 90,000 in a synovial fluid aspiration is often indicative of?

Answer 6

Infection/septic arthritis.

Question 7

Chondrocalcinosis is seen in

Answer 7

Pseudogout

Question 8

Medial joint space narrowing and osteophytosis (outgrowths) is indicative of

Answer 8

Osteoarthritis

Question 9

Immune complex depositions in the joints may be seen with

Answer 9

Lupus

Vasculitides

Question 10

Anti-CCP test is done to check for ?

Answer 10

RA -

Anti- Cyclic Citrullinated Peptide ( Anti-CCP) –> very specific for RA.

Question 11

HLA-B27 is associated with what condition?

Answer 11

Ankylosing Spondylitis

Question 12

Approximately how many patients with RA have RF?

Answer 12

80%

Question 13

RF is an antibody that binds to what ?

Answer 13

Fc portion of an IgG antibody