Rheumatology Cases & Quizzes

• Skill Checkup: A Woman With Several Erythematous Plaques A 32-year-old woman presents with several thick, scaly, well-defined, erythematous plaques characteristic of psoriasis. How would you manage this patient?
  Medscape, April 20, 2022
• Rapid Review Quiz: Long COVID Given the increasing number of patients with long COVID and the serious associated concerns, staying current on evidence is essential. Test yourself on key clinical information with this short quiz.
  Medscape, March 22, 2022
• Rapid Rx Quiz: Proton Pump Inhibitors (PPIs) Given how widespread PPI use is, updated knowledge is critical. Do you know best practices for PPIs, including key adverse effects and interactions? Test yourself with this short quiz.
  Medscape, February 22, 2022
• A Soldier With a Burning, Spreading Rash and Sore Throat A 20-year-old male soldier presents with a 3-day history of a dark-red 'burning rash.' Over 2 days, it has spread proximally up his thighs. What's the diagnosis?
  Medscape, February 14, 2022
• Skill Checkup: A 46-Year-Old Woman With Dyspnea and Dry Cough A 46-year-old woman presents with dyspnea on exertion and a nonproductive cough. How would you manage this patient?
  Medscape, January 31, 2022
• An Anxious Hiker With Recurring Annular Rash and Sleep Loss A 50-year-old woman has a pruritic migratory eruption that has recurred multiple times. The itching is preventing sleep, and she is very worried she has lupus. Do you know what's wrong?
  Medscape, January 26, 2022
• Skill Checkup: A 27-Year-Old Woman With Erythematous Plaques Prominent plaques cover her elbows and thighs, and there is a patch on her scalp. Her lesions cover about 15% of her body. How would you manage her case?
  Medscape, December 20, 2021
• A 47-Year-Old With Progressive Dyspnea and Weepy Nodules A 47-year-old man has had progressive dyspnea that worsens upon exertion over the past 2 years. He also has a productive cough that responded to antibiotics in the past. Can you make the diagnosis?
  Medscape, November 19, 2021
• Patient Simulation: A 36-Year-Old Man With Nonradiographic Axial Spondyloarthritis and Unremitting Pain A 36-year-old man has a constant dull backache. How would you treat this patient?
  Medscape, November 15, 2021
• A Veteran With Lesions, Alcohol Use, and Opioid Dependence A 57-year-old Army veteran presents with excessive bruising and lesions. His wife reports an opioid dependence that has been replaced with alcohol use. Can you make the diagnosis?
  Medscape, October 27, 2021
• Low Back Pain: What Works? What Doesn't? Weigh in on Dr Charles Vega's management of a middle-aged man with lower back pain.
  Medscape Family Medicine, September 30, 2021
• Managing Hip Pain: Clinicians Debate Readers weighed in on Dr Vega's management of a patient with hip pain. Here's the crowdsourced opinion.
  Medscape Family Medicine, September 16, 2021
• A 26-Year-Old With Fever and Malaise Now Can’t Tie His Shoes A 26-year-old man presents with lower back pain and low-grade fever. The pain is intermittent, achy, and usually worse in the morning than it is later in the day or evening. What's the diagnosis?
  Medscape, September 09, 2021
• Hip OA: What's the Best First Option? Dr Charles Vega has a patient with painful and lifestyle-limiting hip OA. Is he taking the right course of treatment?
  Medscape Family Medicine, August 10, 2021
• Patient Simulation: A 55-Year-Old Woman With Systemic Sclerosis and Dyspnea Is this patient with scleroderma deconditioned due to lack of exercise or does her dyspnea indicate something more serious?
  Medscape, July 29, 2021
• Patient Simulation: A 40-Year-Old Woman With Erythematous Pustules and Fever A widespread rash and chills cause this busy professional to seek care urgently. How will you diagnose and treat her?
  Medscape, July 29, 2021
• After a Wild Party, a 24-Year-Old Has Intense Abdominal Pain A 24-year-old presents with sudden right lower quadrant abdominal pain, nausea, and vomiting. He mentions what he describes as a 'wild' party 4 days ago. What's the diagnosis?
  Medscape, July 08, 2021
• Patient Simulation: 24-Year-Old Law Student Stymied by Skin Condition A young woman seeks care to resolve ongoing skin issues.
  Medscape, July 06, 2021
• A 37-Year-Old Man With Chest Pain and Elbow/Eyelid Papules A 37-year-old man presents with chest pain that started upon exertion but now occurs at rest. He also has yellowish papules near his eye and on his elbows. What's the diagnosis?
  Medscape, June 25, 2021
• Skill Checkup: A Man With Exertional Dyspnea and Dry Cough A 67-year-old man is referred for further evaluation of slowly progressive exertional dyspnea developing at shorter intervals and worsening over the past 12 months. How would you diagnose and treat this patient?
  Medscape, June 23, 2021