Which one of the following diagnosis must be excluded in a patient with a mono arthritis?
Answer
Rheumatoid Arthritis
Osteoarthritis
Septic Arthritis
Paget's disease of bone
Psoriatic Arthritis
Question 2
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Pain which is maximal when assessed using resisted active movement is likely to be originating from which one of the following anatomical locations?
Answer
Bone
The Joint
Tendons
Synovium
Cartilage
Question 3
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Which one of the following is a risk factor for the development of osteoarthritis?
Answer
Human Leucocyte Antigen B27
Abnormal Loading
Increased levels of uric acid in the blood
Increased osteoclast activity
Decreased osteoblast activity
Question 4
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A patient who presents with a migratory arthritis who also has red eyes and mucosal ulceration should be suspected as having which one of the following conditions?
Answer
Crystal Arthropathies
Septic Arthritis
Joint Neoplasms
Reactive Arthritis
Soft tissue neoplasm
Question 5
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The term arthropathy is used to describe which one of the following conditions?
Answer
Joint inflammation
Joint pain without inflammation
Any disease of a joint
Surgical procedure to clean the joint
Collection of fluid with a joint
Question 6
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A patient presents with swelling across all of her metacarpal joints in both hands, no other joints are described as painful. Which one of the descriptions below best describes this situation?
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A Proximal oligoarthritis
A distal, symmetrical, polyarthritis
A distal, oligoarthritis
An asymmetric polyarthritis
A distal monoarthritis
Question 7
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Which one of the following is NOT a type of deformity that can be observed in the fingers?
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Mallet Deformity
Swann Neck Deformity
Boutonniere Deformity
Bouchard's Nodes
Thoras Nodes
Question 8
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A Bakers cyst is best defined by which one of the following statements?
Answer
A swelling seen on the elbows of patients with seronegative rheumatoid arthritis
A swelling seen on the elbows of patients with seropositive rheumatoid arthritis
A fusiform swelling on the Achilles tendon
A reducible swelling of synovial fluid in the popliteal fossa
A non reducible swelling on the anterior knee
Question 9
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Hebden’s Nodes are a feature of which one of the following conditions?
Answer
Osteoarthritis
Rheumatoid Arthritis
Psoriatic Arthritis
Sjögren's syndrome
Osteomalacia
Question 10
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The development of a varus deformity at the knee will result in which one of the following clinical appearances?