Rheumatology & Haematology — Flashcards

What is the pharmacological management for fibromyalgia? _____

_____ is a crystal arthropathy caused by monosodium urate crystals forming in synovial joints and tissues

Fibromyalgia is NOT a diagnosis of _____

The most common joint affected in pseudogout is the _____

An obese 35 year old man presents with a severely painful erythematous and swollen first metatarsophalangeal joint over the last 15 hours. What is likely diagnosis? _____

Hint: likely diagnosis?

Serum urate levels of ≥ _____ micromol/L is diagnostic for gout

Aspirin at _____-doses inhibits ↓ uric acid excretion, which can cause gout

Fibromyalgia has an absence of identifiable _____ or structural changes on examination, labs, imaging, & histology

Pseudogout acute attacks are _____ duration than gout

Hint: shorter/longer

Herbeden's nodes are bony swellings in _____ joints