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Daily high fevers with joint pains and a rash in a 36-year-old woman

RheumatologyMedium

Sunita Gurung

36 years · Female

Vitals

Heart rate
124 bpm
Blood pressure
88/56 mmHg
Resp. rate
24 /min
SpO₂
90%
Temperature
104 °F

How hard it is

A real-world presentation with one or two atypical features. You'll need targeted questions and the right test to narrow the differential.

The diagnosis is not shown here. Finding it is the case.

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Source

Adapted from a case report published in Clinical Case Reports, under the CC BY 4.0 license. The patient's name and some details are invented; the clinical picture follows the report. The report names the diagnosis.