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
- Bechterew’s disease
- Gout
- Reiter’s syndrome
- Rheumatic arthritis
- Rheumatoid arthritis
Correct answer
Reiter’s syndrome
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