Rheumatology and Immunology — Flashcards

Which multisystemic granulomatous disease will present with polyclonal hyperglobulinemia?_____

A pleural effusion in case of rheumatoid arthritis will have _____ WBC counts

Which antibodies are characteristically seen in CNS SLE associated psychosis or depression?_____

Which interleukin is elevated in Castleman's disease?_____

What is the next step in mx of a patient of rheumatoid arthritis not responding to oral methotrexate alone (increased severity)?_____

Which inflammatory myopathy is associated with asymmetric muscle involvement?_____

The most common pulmonary manifestation of rheumatoid arthritis is _____.

The first joints to be involved in rheumatoid arthritis is the _____

Prolonged morning stiffness of joint is found in _____ arthritis

Saturnine gout affects the _____ more than the first metatarsophalangeal joint and tophi rarely develop.