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USMLE Step3 Rheumatology

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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. carpal tunnel syndrom






2. xanthelasma






3. Rayanaud's disease vs phenomenon






4. What is heliotrope sign






5. anterior shoulder pain






6. allpurinol






7. What should be chekcked before starting infliximab






8. carpal tunnel






9. MCP joint involvement






10. inflamed tendons in wrist - ankle - arms; sexual history






11. common valvular abnormalities with AS?






12. phalen test






13. morning stiffness hand joints






14. Gait in spinal stenosis






15. SLE with pleural effusion






16. inflammatory myositis






17. nicotinic acid






18. caplan syndrom






19. primary muscle disease






20. tinel sign






21. Tx of reiter






22. What marker is used to follow up disease activity in SLE






23. Use of antibiotic in RA






24. proximal muscle weakness; decreased tendon reflex; normal creat and ck






25. How to differentiate radicular pain with claudication






26. anti-centromere ab






27. painless ulcer over glans penis and inflammatory arthritis






28. How to perform schober test






29. DIP joint involvement


30. neck mass in sjogren patient






31. Raynauds phenomenon






32. morning stiffness <30min; 2nd and 3rd metacarpohalengeal joint - osteopenia - hook like osteophytes; aspiration cppd crystal






33. complications of anti-cytokine therapy






34. When to order MRI in LBP






35. role HLA B27 in dx of ankylosing spondylitis






36. Low back pain






37. anti-ds DNA antibody






38. unilateral eye pain - photophobia - blurry vision young patients wih lumbar pain






39. Tx of lupus nephritis






40. probenecid






41. bilater shoulder and thigh pain with prolonged morning stiffness - intermitted headache and jaw pain






42. postoeriod shoulder pain






43. tx pagets






44. PIP joint involment






45. Use of allopurinol after kidney transplant






46. xanthomatous nodule






47. scaly eczema over knuckles-gottron's sign; proximal muscle weakness






48. When to stop statin if cpk elevated






49. patient pw groin pain; on steroid






50. When to give methotrexate in SLE