Rheumatology

1. Rheumatoid factor in SLE is positive in:

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

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

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

5. Nodal osteoarthritis is common in:

6. Which bacterium is not associated with reactive arthritis?

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

8. Hereditary angioneurotic oedema is due to:

9. Calcinosis is featured by all except:

10. Clutton’s joint is characteristic of:

11. Which of the following is false regarding anti-cyclic citrullinated peptide (CCP) antibody?

12. Behcet’s syndrome is not associated with:

13. 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:

14. Eosinophilic fasciitis does not give rise to:

15. Anti-Jo 1 antibody is diagnostic of:

16. Which is a recognised pulmonary complication of SLE?

17. Polyarthritis is the affection of more than:

18. Oesophagus is most commonly involved by:

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

20. Classically which of the following does not produce polyarthralgia?

21. Angioneurotic oedema may be treated by:

22. Churg-Strauss syndrome commonly manifests as:

23. Onion-skin spleen is classically seen in:

24. Infliximab is directed against:

25. Dystrophic calcinosis is classically seen in:

26. Lupus nephritis is treated by all except:

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

28. Still’s disease does not give rise to:

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

30. Pseudogout may result from all except:

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

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

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

34. Temporal arteritis is featured by all except:

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

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

37. Raynaud’s phenomenon may be treated by:

38. HBsAg may be present in which vasculitis?

39. Paget’s disease is not manifested by:

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

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

42. Fibromyalgia is characterised by all except:

43. Rheumatoid arthritis is strongly associated with histocompatibility antigen?

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

45. Polyarteritis nodosa is not manifested by:

46. Hydroxychloroquine toxicity does not produce:

47. Rheumatoid nodules are characterised by all except:

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

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

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