Rheumatology

1. Exacerbations of SLE are produced by:

2. The commonest organism involved in osteomyelitis is:

3. Rheumatoid arthritis is strongly associated with histocompatibility antigen?

4. Felty’s syndrome is not associated with:

5. Onion-skin spleen is classically seen in:

6. Subcutaneous nodules are seen in all except:

7. Reiter’s syndrome is not featured by:

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

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

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

11. Behcet’s syndrome is not associated with:

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

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

14. Antitopoisomerase-1 virtually diagnoses:

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

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

17. ANF is not found in SLE when there is:

18. Forrestier’s disease is associated with:

19. Rose-Waaler test (RF) is positive in rheumatoid arthritis in:

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

21. CREST syndrome is diagnosed by the presence of:

22. Nodal osteoarthritis is common in:

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

24. Recurrent anterior uveitis is most characteristic of:

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

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

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

28. Oesophagus is most commonly involved by:

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

30. Fibromyalgia is characterised by all except:

31. Gout may be treated by all except:

32. ‘Pathergy’ is characteristic of:

33. Lupus nephritis is treated by all except:

34. Metacarpophalangeal joints are usually not affected in:

35. Hypertrophic osteoarthropathy is most commonly due to:

36. Inclusion body myositis is characterised by all except:

37. Paget’s disease is not manifested by:

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

39. Eosinophilic fasciitis does not give rise to:

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

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

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

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

44. Hypertrophic osteoarthropathy is least common in:

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

46. Rheumatoid nodules are characterised by all except:

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

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

49. Finkelstein’s test is positive in:

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