Clin Med - Rheumatology P2

A 50 year old woman presents with c/o dryness in her mouth and eyes. She has been struggling with eating dry foods and some with speech. On PE, you notice that her parotid gland is enlarged. You tell this patient that you suspect an autoimmune condition that causes the dysfunction of the lacrimal and salivary glands called:

What labs are specific to Sjögren Syndrome?

A patient presents to the ER post marathon with c/o muscle pain and weakness with dark red urine. You order a UA and find large amounts of heme. The patient has markedly elevated CK levels. What is the likely pathology?

What large vessel vasculitits leads to blindness, headache, and jaw claudication in women greater than 50 years of age?

A patient presents with fever, malaise, weight loss and muscle stiffness/pain in the shoulders and pelvis specifically. The patient reports struggling to complete every day activities such as combing hair and rising from a seat. The patient's labs come back with a elevated ESR >100 and elevate CRP. What is the likely condition?

79 year old man presents with headache, scalp pain, jaw claudication and double vision. The patient is febrile. On PE, there is slight enlargement of the temporal artery. The labs are elevated but not specific towards any condition. What condition could this be?

A patient presents with an insidious onset of fever, malaise, weight loss and is in extreme pain. This patient has a + foot drop. You notice rashes and ulcers on his skin. Labs come back with positive Hep B, leukocytosis, and elevated ESR/CRP. What condition are you concerned about?

A patient in their 40s presents to their PCP due to concerns of weight loss and recurrent respiratory infections. This starts to look like lung malignancy due to nodules and masses in the chest XR. You decided to order c-ANCE, which was positive. You then order a tissue biopsy for confirmation of the diagnosis of

What lab is positive in microscopic polyangitis? (C/P)-ANCA

A patient presents with recurrent palpable purpura with peripheral neuropathy and glomerulonephritis. .Serum labs are positive for Hep C. What is the likely diagnosis?

A pediatric aged patient presents with c/o abd pain, hematuria, and joint pain. On PE, you find skin lesions and palpable purpura. What is this condition?

A patient presents with c/o painful ulcers in her mouth and genitals. The ulcers are tender and red. The patient is positive for pathergy, which is a skin condition in which a minor trauma such as a bump or bruise leads to the development of skin pustules. What condition is linked with these ulcers?

A patient with headaches, encephalopathy, and multifocal strokes has a angiograms that appears like a "string of beads" with alternation between arterial narrowing and dilation. What is this condition?

Mottled, purplish skin discoloration in reticulated pattern, with pale central core (“fishnet” pattern) due to spams and/or obstruction of arterioles is called:

A 30 year old Asian female presents with pulseless upper extremities and fever, malaise/fatigue, wt. loss, night sweats, and arthralgia. What condition is this?

A 30 year male patient with a 20 pack per year history of smoking presents with ulceration and gangrene of his fingertips. This will need amputation. What is this called?

A 27 year old male patient presents with inflammation of the tendons and ligaments of his large peripheral joints. He also has signs of uveitis. Labs show a positive HLA-B27 with negative autoantibodies. What is likely?

A 25 year old male patient presents with c/o gradual onset of back pain (radicular) and stiffness (worse in a.m.) that can last for hours, but does improve with exercise. On x-ray of his spine, there are findings of "fusion of vertebral bodies." Labs: elevated ESR, mild anemia, negative RF, and positive HLA-B27. What is likely?

A male patient with a history of psorasis presents with concerns about his fingers. He noticed that his fingers are larger (like sauages) and has swelling in the joints with splitting nails. Imaging: bony erosions and joint destruction in the R hand digits. There is a patch of rash on one of his fingers. What is likely?

You recently treated a male patient 4 weeks ago for a GI infection. The patient returns with a PE that consists of "asymmetric oligoarthritis, urethritis, conjunctivitis, uveitis, mucous membrane lesions." Labs show a positive HLA-B27 and synovial fluid is sterile. What likely caused this condition post GI/GU infection?

1 out of 5 patients with IBD have arthritis. Whipple Disease has a stronger link!

A patient presented with an acute onset of pain, swelling and warmth in the left knee that rapidly progressed over hours with fever/chills. Labs showed synovial fluid with WBC usu. >50,000. You know this is likely Acute Bacterial (Septic) Arthritis. What is the most common causative agent?

A 35 year old pregnancy woman presents with c/o several days of migratory polyarthralgia of wrist, knee, ankle, elbow that then progresses to tenosynovitis of wrists, fingers, ankles, toes. On PE, you find a few small, necrotic pustules over extensor surfaces of the palms and soles. The patient's labs show an elevated WBC 30-60K. What is likely?

Rheumatic Manifestations of Cancer has a strong association with ovarian cancer

Viral Arthritis can be due to Parvovirus, Hep B/C, or HIV.

Arthritis in Sarcoidosis is typically polyarticular and symmetric and presents with erythema nodosum. Where is the most common to occur?