Rheumatology

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

2. Behcet’s syndrome is not associated with:

3. Jaccoud’s arthropathy is not characteristic of:

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

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

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

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

8. Fibromyalgia is characterised by all except:

9. Rheumatoid arthritis is strongly associated with histocompatibility antigen?

10. Felty’s syndrome is not associated with:

11. Gout may be treated by all except:

12. The commonest organism involved in osteomyelitis is:

13. Polyarthritis is the affection of more than:

14. Drug of choice for relieving pain in osteoarthritis is:

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

16. Seronegative arthropathy is not associated with:

17. Terminal interphalangeal joint is classically involved in:

18. Which of the following is usually not a skin lesion of SLE?

19. Which of the following conditions is not associated with carpal tunnel syndrome?

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

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

22. HBsAg may be present in which vasculitis?

23. Forrestier’s disease is associated with:

24. ‘Arthritis mutilans’ is characteristic of:

25. Infliximab is directed against:

26. Hyperostosis is seen in all except:

27. Rheumatoid factor in SLE is positive in:

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

29. Colchicine may be used in all except:

30. Raynaud’s phenomenon may be treated by:

31. Exacerbations of SLE are produced by:

32. Which is a recognised pulmonary complication of SLE?

33. The commonest metabolic bone disease is:

34. Hereditary angioneurotic oedema is due to:

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

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

37. ‘Pathergy’ is characteristic of:

38. Calcinosis is featured by all except:

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

40. Drug-induced SLE is not commonly associated with:

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

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

43. CREST syndrome is an aggregation of calcinosis, Raynaud’s phenomenon, sclerodactyly, telangiectasia and __?

44. The viscosity of synovial fluid in osteoarthritis is:

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

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

47. Cytoid (colloid) bodies in the retina are recognised finding in:

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

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

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