Rheumatology

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

2. Hereditary angioneurotic oedema is due to:

3. Hypertrophic osteoarthropathy is least common in:

4. Felty’s syndrome is not associated with:

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

6. The most effective prophylaxis adopted in gout by:

7. Sjogren’s syndrome may be associated with all except:

8. Anti-Jo 1 antibody is diagnostic of:

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

10. The commonest organism involved in osteomyelitis is:

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

12. Aseptic necrosis of bone is not a feature of:

13. Fibromyalgia is characterised by all except:

14. Metacarpophalangeal joints are usually not affected in:

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

16. Which of the following is not a side effect of penicillamine?

17. Subcutaneous nodules are seen in all except:

18. False-positive serological test (VDRL) persisting for 6 months is seen in all except:

19. Eosinophilic fasciitis is associated with all except:

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

21. Hands of scleroderma may classically reveal all except:

22. Polyarthritis is the affection of more than:

23. Infliximab is directed against:

24. Osteosclerosis of the spine may be seen in all except:

25. In Churg-Strauss syndrome, the principal organ involved is:

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

27. TNF-antagonist used in treatment of rheumatoid arthritis is:

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

29. Drug-induced livedo reticularis is seen with:

30. Pseudogout may result from all except:

31. ‘Arthritis mutilans’ is characteristic of:

32. Anti-cytokine therapy is usually not associated with:

33. Regarding drug-induced SLE, which is false?

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

35. The commonest metabolic bone disease is:

36. Brucella arthritis commonly affects:

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

38. Raynaud’s phenomenon is not a feature of:

39. Colchicine may be used in all except:

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

41. Heberden’s node is seen in:

42. Example of autoimmune arthritis is:

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

44. Polyarteritis nodosa is not manifested by:

45. CREST syndrome is diagnosed by the presence of:

46. Progressive systemic sclerosis (PSS) may develop in all except:

47. The viscosity of synovial fluid in osteoarthritis is:

48. If a patient with scleroderma with Raynaud’s phenomenon immerses their hand in cold water, the hand will:

49. Which of the following is not associated with active SLE?

50. Raynaud’s phenomenon may be treated by: