Rheumatology Flashcards
1
Q
First line treatment in Paget’s
A
Bisphosphonates
2
Q
Drug which causes gout
A
Thiazide diuretics
3
Q
Where do calcium phosphate crystals deposit?
A
In the cartilage
4
Q
Associations with:
- De Quervains
- Carpal Tunnel
- Dupytren’s
A
- RA
- Hypothyroidism
- Cirrhosis
5
Q
Associations with:
- HLA DR3
- HLA DR5
A
DR3: T1DM
DR5: Hashimoto’s and pernicious anaemia
6
Q
Late onset Asthma, Vasculitis, Peripheral Eosinophilia
A
Churg-Strauss
7
Q
Similar to Wegener’s but with no granulomas and no rest involvement?
A
Microscopic Polyangitis
8
Q
Hameturia, hearing loss and visual disturbance
A
Alports
9
Q
What do mutations in these collagen fibres lead to:
a) Type I
b) Type III
c) Type IV
A
a) Osteogenesis Imperfecta
b) Ehler’s Danlos
c) Alports
10
Q
Difference between PMR and polymyositis
A
-In polymyositis CK is raised and muscle weakness
11
Q
Positively birifringement calcium phosphate crystals
A
Pseudogout
12
Q
- Recurrent painful ulceration
- Genital ulcers
- Opthalamic lesions
- Skin lesions
A
Behcet’s
