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03/05/06 - 04:08 PM             #1

A ten-year old girl presents with swelling of one knee joint. All of the following conditions can be considered in the differential diagnosis, except:

1. Tuberculosis.
2. Juvenile rheumatoid arthritis.
3. Haemophilia.
4. Villonodular synovitis.


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03/05/06 - 04:45 PM             #2

looks very easy so I am actually afraid to choose any ..as always I feel USMLE qs can not be so easy..anyways ...haemophilia?

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03/05/06 - 06:01 PM             #3

Correct

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09/04/06 - 09:33 AM             #4

no hemophilia in girls.

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09/04/06 - 11:23 AM             #5

docarchana wrote:
no hemophilia in girls.

Probability is in favor of males suffering from Hemophilia because it is X-linked recessive.But it is not 100%.Females can suffer though chances are very low.

BTW.Tubercular arthritis is usually Monoarthritis.

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