vasculitis

Question 1

recurrent oral ulcers, genital ulcers, uveitis, erythema nodosum, arthritis, pericarditis, colitis, red eyes,

Mediterranean

Answer 1

Behcets syndro

Question 2

asthma/rhinitis, tissue damage in lungs/GIT, haemoptysis, rash, p-ANCA

Answer 2

eosinophilic granulomatosis w/ polyangitis

churg-strauss syndro

Question 3

unilateral headache, jaw claudation, shoulder/girdle pain, loss of vision, fever, malaise, scalp tenderness

Answer 3

temporal arteritis (large cell)

Question 4

rosary sign on angiogram, fever/malaise/lethargy, skin rash, abdo pain, rectal bleed

Answer 4

polyarteritis nodosa

Question 5

severe bilat shoulder/girdle pain/stiffness in morning but no weakness

Answer 5

polymyalgia rheumatica

Question 6

SOB + dry cough, fever, malaise, weight loss, erythema nodosum, arrhythmia, heart failure, keratinoconjunctivitis

Answer 6

sarcoidosis

Question 7

malar rash, oral ulcers, arteritis, discoid rash, photosensitivity, auto-antibodies

Answer 7

SLE

Question 8

thromboembolism, thrombocytopenia recurrent miscarriages

Answer 8

anti-phospholipid syndro

Question 9

difficulty swallowing, thick skin on hands, skin feels tight around fingers, hard lumps felt under skin

calcinosis, raynauds, eosinophilic dysmotility, sclerodactyly, telengiectasia, anti-centromere antibody

Answer 9

CREST syndrome - limited cutaneous systemic sclerosis

Question 10

nose bleeds, rhinitis, haemoptysis, glomerulonephritis, saddle nose, cANCA

Answer 10

wegeners syndro

Question 11

Tx for temporal arteritis

Answer 11

high dose oral prednisolone

Question 12

viral association with polyarteritis nodosa

Answer 12

hep B

Question 13

management of polymyangia rheumatica

Answer 13

oral steroids

Question 14

management of sarcoidosis

Answer 14

steroids, NSAIDs, steroid sparing agents

Question 15

antibodies in antiphospholipid syndrome

Answer 15

anti-cardioliptin ab