Rheumatology

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

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

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

4. Ocular manifestations of rheumatoid arthritis usually do not include:

5. Temporal arteritis is featured by all except:

6. Which is a recognised pulmonary complication of SLE?

7. HBsAg may be present in which vasculitis?

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

9. Drug-induced livedo reticularis is seen with:

10. Seronegative arthropathy is not associated with:

11. Reiter’s syndrome is not featured by:

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

13. Anti-Jo 1 antibody is diagnostic of:

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

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

16. Which bacterium is not associated with reactive arthritis?

17. Polyarthritis is the affection of more than:

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

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

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

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

22. Angioneurotic oedema may be treated by:

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

24. Metacarpophalangeal joints are usually not affected in:

25. Heberden’s node is seen in:

26. Rheumatoid arthritis is strongly associated with histocompatibility antigen?

27. Brucella arthritis commonly affects:

28. The commonest presentation of cardiac lupus is:

29. Eosinophilic fasciitis is associated with all except:

30. The commonest metabolic bone disease is:

31. Lyme arthritis is:

32. CREST syndrome is diagnosed by the presence of:

33. Churg-Strauss syndrome commonly manifests as:

34. Clutton’s joint is characteristic of:

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

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

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

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

39. All of the following produce mutilated fingers/toes except:

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

41. Lupus nephritis is treated by all except:

42. Which type of collagen is abundant in bones?

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

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

45. Felty’s syndrome is not associated with:

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

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

48. Onion-skin spleen is classically seen in:

49. Which organ involvement is not included within the classic triad of Wegener’s granulomatosis?

50. All are characteristic features of DLE except: