Rheumatology

1. Myopathy may develop from all except:

2. Which bacterium is not associated with reactive arthritis?

3. Nodal osteoarthritis is common in:

4. The commonest organism involved in osteomyelitis is:

5. Lyme arthritis is:

6. Angioneurotic oedema may be treated by:

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

8. Terminal interphalangeal joint is classically involved in:

9. Reiter’s syndrome is not featured by:

10. Polyarthritis is the affection of more than:

11. The commonest metabolic bone disease is:

12. Dystrophic calcinosis is classically seen in:

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

14. HBsAg may be present in which vasculitis?

15. Anti-Jo 1 antibody is diagnostic of:

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

17. Hypertrophic osteoarthropathy is least common in:

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

19. Which of the following usually presents as monoarthropathy?

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

21. Hereditary angioneurotic oedema is due to:

22. Pseudogout may result from all except:

23. CREST syndrome is diagnosed by the presence of:

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

25. Hands of scleroderma may classically reveal all except:

26. All are characteristic features of DLE except:

27. Polymyalgia rheumatica is not associated with:

28. Lupus nephritis is treated by all except:

29. Temporal arteritis is featured by all except:

30. Raynaud’s phenomenon may be treated by:

31. The viscosity of synovial fluid in osteoarthritis is:

32. Fibromyalgia is characterised by all except:

33. Behcet’s syndrome is not associated with:

34. Which is a recognised pulmonary complication of SLE?

35. Inclusion body myositis is characterised by all except:

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

37. Subcutaneous nodules are seen in all except:

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

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

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

41. Felty’s syndrome is not associated with:

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

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

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

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

46. Brucella arthritis commonly affects:

47. Which type of collagen is abundant in bones?

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

49. Onion-skin spleen is classically seen in:

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