MCQ IN MEDICINE

Detailed explanation-1: -Acute vegetations of acute rheumatic fever show valve leaflets with surface thrombi, lack of underlying valve destruction, and mild edema and chronic inflammation. Chronically, rheumatic valve disease is characterized by neovascularization, chronic inflammation, and relatively mild calcification.

Detailed explanation-2: -Histologically, acute rheumatic valvulitis manifests with active inflammation characterized by lymphocytic infiltration, Aschoff bodies, and Anitschkow cells. Chronic rheumatic valvulitis is associated with neovascularization, and/or dystrophic calcification.

Detailed explanation-3: -Rheumatoid arthritis or RA is a form of inflammatory polyarthritis that can lead to joint destruction, deformity, and loss of function. Swelling of the small joints, especially in the hands and feet, is the hallmark of the disease, but most joints in the body can become affected.