Clinical Case: Mrs. Robinson's Stiffness
 
Symptoms & History

Physical Findings

Stop & Think

Lab and X-Ray

Differential Diagnosis

The Disease

Treatment

Conclusions

Quiz & Evaluation

  
What do we have so far?
  • Young woman with a short course of a febrile illness.
  • Ease of fatigue and general blahs.
  • Morning stiffness of the small joints of hands.
  • No signs of an overt infection.
  • No recent history of travel, insect or arthropod bites.
  • May possibly have had something similar several years ago.
  • Family history of what sounds like osteoarthritis.
  
  
  
Let's consider a differential.                                      Back
 

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