Rheumatology

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

2. Inclusion body myositis is characterised by all except:

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

4. Which of the following is recognised extra-articular manifestation of ankylosing spondylitis?

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

6. Which is a recognised pulmonary complication of SLE?

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

8. Eosinophilic fasciitis does not give rise to:

9. Colchicine may be used in all except:

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

11. Anti-RNP antibody is diagnostic of:

12. Terminal interphalangeal joint is classically involved in:

13. Infliximab is directed against:

14. The commonest organism involved in osteomyelitis is:

15. All are characteristic features of DLE except:

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

17. Pseudogout may result from all except:

18. Polymyalgia rheumatica is not associated with:

19. Eosinophilic fasciitis is associated with all except:

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

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

22. Jaccoud’s arthropathy is not characteristic of:

23. Behcet’s syndrome is not associated with:

24. Temporal arteritis is featured by all except:

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

26. Reiter’s syndrome is not featured by:

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

28. Hypertrophic osteoarthropathy is least common in:

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

30. Metacarpophalangeal joints are usually not affected in:

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

32. ‘Pathergy’ is characteristic of:

33. Churg-Strauss syndrome commonly manifests as:

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

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

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

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

38. ANA is positive in SLE in approximately:

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

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

41. Drug-induced livedo reticularis is seen with:

42. Oesophagus is most commonly involved by:

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

44. Which of the following is commonly involved in Paget’s disease?

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

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

47. Which of the following usually presents as monoarthropathy?

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

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

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