Rheumatology

1. Rheumatoid arthritis patients confront an increased risk of developing all except:

2. Calcinosis is featured by all except:

3. Avascular necrosis of bone is a recognised association in all except:

4. Mask-like face is seen in all except:

5. Subcutaneous nodules are seen in all except:

6. Which of the following is not a disease-modifying antirheumatic drug (DMARD)?

7. Forrestier’s disease is associated with:

8. Which is not true in pleural disease of rheumatoid arthritis?

9. Exacerbations of SLE are produced by:

10. Fibromyalgia is characterised by all except:

11. Which of the following is not a recognised complication of SLE?

12. HBsAg may be present in which vasculitis?

13. Hyperostosis may be a complication of systemic therapy with:

14. Rheumatoid nodules are characterised by all except:

15. Terminal interphalangeal joint is classically involved in:

16. Eosinophilic fasciitis is associated with all except:

17. Churg-Strauss syndrome commonly manifests as:

18. Anti-Jo 1 antibody is diagnostic of:

19. Which organ involvement is not included within the classic triad of Wegener’s granulomatosis?

20. The commonest presentation of cardiac lupus is:

21. Polarised light microscopy of synovial fluid in gout shows:

22. Which does not produce an erythematous butterfly-like lesion on face?

23. Pseudogout (chondrocalcinosis) is associated with the deposition of crystals of:

24. Drug-induced livedo reticularis is seen with:

25. HLA-B27 tissue typing is not associated with:

26. Ocular manifestations of rheumatoid arthritis usually do not include:

27. Bouchard’s nodes in osteoarthritis are seen in:

28. Classically which of the following does not produce polyarthralgia?

29. ANF is not found in SLE when there is:

30. Finkelstein’s test is positive in:

31. Sickle cell anaemia may be complicated by all except:

32. Which of the following usually presents as monoarthropathy?

33. Which is a recognised pulmonary complication of SLE?

34. Paget’s disease is not manifested by:

35. All are true regarding causes of Dupuytren’s contracture except:

36. Which organ involvement does not occur in progressive systemic sclerosis?

37. Positive ‘Dagger sign’ in X-ray of spine is a feature of:

38. All of the following indicate poor prognosis in rheumatoid arthritis except:

39. Which is not used to treat acute gouty arthritis?

40. All are extra-articular manifestations of rheumatoid arthritis except:

41. Highest incidence of rheumatoid factor (RF) is found in:

42. In rheumatoid arthritis, rheumatoid factor is formed against:

43. Hypertrophic osteoarthropathy is most commonly due to:

44. Which type of collagen is abundant in bones?

45. Still’s disease is classically associated with all except:

46. Hypertrophic osteoarthropathy is least common in:

47. All of the following produce mutilated fingers/toes except:

48. Jaccoud’s arthropathy is not characteristic of:

49. Hydroxychloroquine toxicity does not produce:

50. ‘Pathergy’ is characteristic of: