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Exam questionKROK 2Medicine · 2015

A 68-year-old patient complains of pain, slight swelling and creaking in the distal joints of her fingers and knee joints. She has been suffering from this condition for 4 years. Objectively: thickening of knee and interphalangeal joints, restricted mobility of these joints. Blood test: leukocytes -5,4 × 109/l, ESR - 12 mm/h, fibrinogen - 3,5 g/l; Rheumatoid factor -1:32; anti-streptolysin O -160 units; seromucoid - 0,20 units.; CRP+. What mechanism of development is likely for this condition?

Answer options

  1. Rheumatoid factor development
  2. Immune reaction to streptococcosis
  3. Glycosaminoglycanes synthesis disruption
  4. Increased uric acid sunthesis
  5. Native DNA antibodies hyperproduction
Correct answer

Glycosaminoglycanes synthesis disruption

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