Rheumatology and Musculoskeletal
8 free practice questions shared by students. Answer them right here — no account needed.
A 24-year-old man fell onto his outstretched right hand playing football two days ago. He has pain at the base of the thumb that is worse gripping. On examinati…
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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…
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A 67-year-old woman has new bilateral shoulder and hip girdle aching with difficulty lifting her arms and rising from a chair. Symptoms are worst in the morning…
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A 42-year-old woman has 6 months of symmetrical swelling and tenderness of the metacarpophalangeal and proximal interphalangeal joints. Morning stiffness lasts…
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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…
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A 29-year-old woman has photosensitive facial erythema, painless oral ulcers and symmetrical pain and swelling of the small joints of both hands. Urinalysis sho…
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A 69-year-old man presents with 2 months of progressive low back pain that is worse at night and is not relieved by rest. He has lost 6 kg unintentionally and h…
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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…
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