False positive rheumatoid factor can be associated with all except:
High-Yield Explanation
Answer is A (Inflammatory bowel disease): Enteropathic Ahis (Ahritis associated with inflammatory bowel disease) is a seronegative ahropathy that is characterized hr the absence of Rheumatoid factor. Causes of False Positive Rheumatoid factor SLE (Associated with a positive Coomb's test) Sjogren syndrome Chronic Liver disease Sarcoidosis Interstitial Pulmonary Fibrosis Infectious mononucleosis Hepatitis B (Associated with HbsAg) Tuberculosis Leprosy Syphilis (Associated with a positive VDRL) Subacute bacterial endocarditis Visceral leishmaniasis Schistosomiasis Malaria