Exam questionKROK 2Medicine · 2023
A 17-year-old girl complains of a pain in her knee and ankle joints and body temperature up to 39°C. 2 weeks ago, she had a case of acute tonsillitis. Objectively, her joints are swollen, sharply painful, and their mobility is reduced. On the skin of her trunk and limbs there are barely visible circle-shaped pale pink spots. Heart rate is 95/min., blood pressure is 90/60 mm Hg, heart sounds are weakened, there is a soft systolic noise over the apex. Make the provisional diagnosis:
Answer options
- Erythema nodosum
- Acute rheumatic fever
- Rheumatoid arthritis
- Systemic scleroderma
- Reactive arthritis
Correct answer
Acute rheumatic fever
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