Rheumatology

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

2. Anti-RNP antibody is diagnostic of:

3. Inhibition of 5-lipoxygenase is beneficial in the treatment of:

4. Hydroxychloroquine toxicity does not produce:

5. Rheumatoid factor in SLE is positive in:

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

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

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

9. Oesophagus is most commonly involved by:

10. c-ANCA (antinuclear cytoplasmic antibody) is diagnostic of:

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

12. Polyarthritis is the affection of more than:

13. Behcet’s syndrome is not associated with:

14. Penicillamine and colchicine both are used in the treatment of:

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

16. Subcutaneous nodules are seen in all except:

17. Brucella arthritis commonly affects:

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

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

20. Example of autoimmune arthritis is:

21. Mixed connective tissue disease (MCTD) is a combination of SLE, scleroderma, rheumatoid arthritis and  __?

22. Inclusion body myositis is characterised by all except:

23. Which of the following usually presents as monoarthropathy?

24. Extra-articular manifestations in rheumatoid arthritis are commonly associated with:

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

26. Which of the following is not an extra-articular manifestation of ankylosing spondylitis?

27. Syndesmophytes are seen in all except:

28. Kawasaki disease is associated with:

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

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

31. Pseudogout may result from all except:

32. The viscosity of synovial fluid in osteoarthritis is:

33. Calcinosis is featured by all except:

34. Clutton’s joint is characteristic of:

35. Myopathy may develop from all except:

36. CREST syndrome is diagnosed by the presence of:

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

38. ‘Arthritis mutilans’ is characteristic of:

39. Felty’s syndrome is not associated with:

40. Which is true regarding synovial fluid analysis in osteoarthritis?

41. Which of the following is the specific antibody for SLE?

42. Anti-Jo 1 antibody is diagnostic of:

43. Osteomalacia may be produced by therapy with all except:

44. HLA B-27 is usually detected in all except:

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

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

47. Polyarteritis nodosa is not manifested by:

48. ANA is positive in SLE in approximately:

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

50. Churg-Strauss syndrome commonly manifests as: