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Exam questionKROK 2Medicine · 2011

A 35-year-old patient has been admitted to a hospital for pain in the left sternoclavicular and knee joints, lumbar area. The disease has an acute character and is accompanied by fever up to 38°C. Objectively: the left sternoclavicular and knee joints are swollen and painful. In blood: WBCs - 9,5 × 109/l, ESR - 40 mm/h, CRP - 1,5 millimole/l, fibrinogen - 4,8 g/l, uric acid - 0,28 millimole/l. Examination of the urethra scrapings reveals chlamydia. What is the most likely diagnosis?

Answer options

  1. Bechterew’s disease
  2. Gout
  3. Reiter’s syndrome
  4. Rheumatic arthritis
  5. Rheumatoid arthritis
Correct answer

Reiter’s syndrome

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