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Which joints are most frequently affected in acute rheumatoid arthritis?
Which joints are most frequently affected in acute rheumatoid arthritis?
In chronic rheumatoid arthritis, which deformity involves hyperextension of the PIP joints with fixed flexion of the DIP joints?
In chronic rheumatoid arthritis, which deformity involves hyperextension of the PIP joints with fixed flexion of the DIP joints?
What causes Heberden nodes in osteoarthritis?
What causes Heberden nodes in osteoarthritis?
What characterizes chronic tophaceous gout?
What characterizes chronic tophaceous gout?
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Which condition is characterized by knobby swellings around the joints that ulcerate and discharge white chalk-like urates?
Which condition is characterized by knobby swellings around the joints that ulcerate and discharge white chalk-like urates?
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What condition may result from trauma, gout, or rheumatoid arthritis, and may be superficial to the olecranon process?
What condition may result from trauma, gout, or rheumatoid arthritis, and may be superficial to the olecranon process?
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Which condition involves synovial inflammation or fluid felt best in the grooves between the olecranon process and the epicondyles on either side?
Which condition involves synovial inflammation or fluid felt best in the grooves between the olecranon process and the epicondyles on either side?
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What condition follows repetitive extension of the wrist or pronation-supination of the forearm, resulting in pain and tenderness just distal to the lateral epicondyle?
What condition follows repetitive extension of the wrist or pronation-supination of the forearm, resulting in pain and tenderness just distal to the lateral epicondyle?
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Which condition is characterized by a painless nodule in a flexor tendon in the palm, near the metacarpal head, causing difficulty in finger extension?
Which condition is characterized by a painless nodule in a flexor tendon in the palm, near the metacarpal head, causing difficulty in finger extension?
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What is the first sign of a Dupuytren contracture, characterized by a thickened band overlying the flexor tendon of the fourth finger and possibly the little finger near the distal palmar crease?
What is the first sign of a Dupuytren contracture, characterized by a thickened band overlying the flexor tendon of the fourth finger and possibly the little finger near the distal palmar crease?
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What is the characteristic feature of olecranon bursitis?
What is the characteristic feature of olecranon bursitis?
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Which condition results from repetitive wrist flexion and is characterized by tenderness just distal to the medial epicondyle?
Which condition results from repetitive wrist flexion and is characterized by tenderness just distal to the medial epicondyle?
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What is the most common cause of olecranon bursitis?
What is the most common cause of olecranon bursitis?
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Which condition results from a painless nodule in a flexor tendon in the palm, near the metacarpal head?
Which condition results from a painless nodule in a flexor tendon in the palm, near the metacarpal head?
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What characterizes the first sign of a Dupuytren contracture?
What characterizes the first sign of a Dupuytren contracture?
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What is the most frequently affected joint in acute rheumatoid arthritis?
What is the most frequently affected joint in acute rheumatoid arthritis?
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Which condition is characterized by fusiform or spindle-shaped swelling of the PIP joints in acute disease?
Which condition is characterized by fusiform or spindle-shaped swelling of the PIP joints in acute disease?
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What type of deformity involves hyperextension of the PIP joints with fixed flexion of the DIP joints in chronic rheumatoid arthritis?
What type of deformity involves hyperextension of the PIP joints with fixed flexion of the DIP joints in chronic rheumatoid arthritis?
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What is a characteristic feature of Heberden nodes in osteoarthritis?
What is a characteristic feature of Heberden nodes in osteoarthritis?
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What is the characteristic feature of chronic tophaceous gout?
What is the characteristic feature of chronic tophaceous gout?
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