Rheumatology Cases & Quizzes

• Rapid Rx Quiz: Opioids Do you know key recommendations, warnings, and clinical concerns related to the appropriate use of opioids? Test your knowledge with this short quiz.
  Medscape, July 08, 2022
• Patient Simulation: A 64-Year-Old Man With Exertional Dyspnea, Cough, and Bilateral Joint Pain A semiretired carpenter reports joint pain and dyspnea while practicing his craft. What evaluations and treatments are needed?
  Medscape, June 28, 2022
• Rapid Review Quiz: New Diagnostic Tests Are you familiar with the latest clinical information on new diagnostic tests? From Lyme disease to cancer, test yourself on potential practice-changing tools with this short quiz.
  Medscape, June 13, 2022
• An Athletic Teen Suddenly Prone to Falls and Fractures A 14-year-old boy with type 1 diabetes and Hashimoto thyroiditis has had 4 fractures over 2 years. He has no history of previous injuries or fractures and does not easily bruise. What's the diagnosis?
  Medscape, June 06, 2022
• A Woman With Back, Chest Pain After Eating Wings at a Restaurant A 60-year-old woman presents with nausea, vomiting, diarrhea, abdominal pain, and chest pain. What is the most likely diagnosis?
  Medscape, May 31, 2022
• Patient Simulation: A 40-Year-Old Man With Moderate Plaque Psoriasis This patient's moderate plaque psoriasis continues to worsen, despite trying several different therapies. What are his next treatment options?
  Medscape, May 25, 2022
• 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