Results for “gout”

A 68-year-old man presents with a 24-hour history of a painful, swollen right knee and is now unable to bear weight. He takes hydrochlorothiazide for hypertensi…

Rheumatology and Musculoskeletal · Clinical rotations · common

A 58-year-old man develops severe pain and swelling at the base of his right great toe overnight. He is afebrile and has no skin wound or prosthetic joint. Syno…

Rheumatology and Musculoskeletal · Clinical rotations · common

A 67-year-old woman reports several years of pain at the bases of both thumbs and in the distal finger joints. The pain is worse after gardening, morning stiffn…

Rheumatology and Musculoskeletal · Clinical rotations · common

A 54-year-old woman presents with a painful, swollen right knee that became symptomatic over 12 hours. She has a temperature of 37.8°C and is unable to fully fl…

Infectious Diseases · Clinical rotations · common

A 45-year-old woman is brought to the emergency room after developing diffuse skin tenderness and blistering. Her symptoms initially started with fever and mala…

Year 4 · Pre-internship · middle twist

Which of the following is the first-line treatment for an acute gout attack?

Year 3 · Clinical rotations · common

Which of the following is the characteristic crystal found in pseudogout?

Year 3 · Clinical rotations · common