Rheumatology

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

2. ‘Pathergy’ is characteristic of:

3. Which does not produce an erythematous butterfly-like lesion on face?

4. Seronegative arthropathy is not associated with:

5. Reiter’s syndrome is not featured by:

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

7. The commonest metabolic bone disease is:

8. Hypertrophic osteoarthropathy is most commonly due to:

9. ANA is positive in SLE in approximately:

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

11. Lupus nephritis is treated by all except:

12. Which is not true in pleural disease of rheumatoid arthritis?

13. Hydroxychloroquine toxicity does not produce:

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

15. Which of the following is not associated with active SLE?

16. Eosinophilic fasciitis is associated with all except:

17. Gout may be treated by all except:

18. A 20-year woman has repeated attacks of myalgia, non-deforming arthralgia, pericarditis and pleural effusion for two years. The laboratory screening test should be:

19. The commonest presentation of cardiac lupus is:

20. Colchicine may be used in all except:

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

22. Calcinosis is featured by all except:

23. All are characteristic features of DLE except:

24. Hyperostosis is seen in all except:

25. Raynaud’s phenomenon may be treated by:

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

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

28. Anti-RNP antibody is diagnostic of:

29. Syndesmophytes are seen in all except:

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

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

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

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

34. Myopathy may develop from all except:

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

36. Rheumatoid nodules are characterised by all except:

37. Polymyalgia rheumatica is not associated with:

38. Finkelstein’s test is positive in:

39. If a patient with scleroderma with Raynaud’s phenomenon immerses their hand in cold water, the hand will:

40. Which bacterium is not associated with reactive arthritis?

41. Churg-Strauss syndrome commonly manifests as:

42. Which is a recognised pulmonary complication of SLE?

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

44. Terminal interphalangeal joint is classically involved in:

45. Pseudogout may result from all except:

46. Hypertrophic osteoarthropathy is least common in:

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

48. Infliximab is directed against:

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

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