Rheumatology

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

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

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

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

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

6. Calcinosis is featured by all except:

7. Scleroderma-like lesion may be produced by all except:

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

9. Inclusion body myositis is characterised by all except:

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

11. Kawasaki disease is associated with:

12. ‘Pathergy’ is characteristic of:

13. Polyarteritis nodosa is not manifested by:

14. Hands of scleroderma may classically reveal all except:

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

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

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

18. Recurrent anterior uveitis is most characteristic of:

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

20. Forrestier’s disease is associated with:

21. Paget’s disease is not manifested by:

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

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

24. Pseudogout may result from all except:

25. Fibromyalgia is characterised by all except:

26. Anti-Jo 1 antibody is diagnostic of:

27. Subcutaneous nodules are seen in all except:

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

29. Oesophagus is most commonly involved by:

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

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

32. Jaccoud’s arthropathy is not characteristic of:

33. Colchicine may be used in all except:

34. Heberden’s node is seen in:

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

36. Polyarthritis is the affection of more than:

37. Syndesmophytes are seen in all except:

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

39. Metacarpophalangeal joints are usually not affected in:

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

41. Brucella arthritis commonly affects:

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

43. Rheumatoid nodules are characterised by all except:

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

45. Gout may be treated by all except:

46. Polymyalgia rheumatica is not associated with:

47. Multiple myeloma is associated with all of the following except:

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

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

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