Rheumatology

1. 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:

2. Mask-like face is seen in all except:

3. Hypertrophic osteoarthropathy is most commonly due to:

4. Temporal arteritis is featured by all except:

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

6. Exacerbations of SLE are produced by:

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

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

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

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

11. Polyarthritis is the affection of more than:

12. Finkelstein’s test is positive in:

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

14. The commonest presentation of cardiac lupus is:

15. Nodal osteoarthritis is common in:

16. Hereditary angioneurotic oedema is due to:

17. Paget’s disease is not manifested by:

18. The commonest metabolic bone disease is:

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

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

21. ‘Arthritis mutilans’ is characteristic of:

22. Hands of scleroderma may classically reveal all except:

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

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

25. The most effective prophylaxis adopted in gout by:

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

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

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

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

30. Calcinosis is featured by all except:

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

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

33. Subcutaneous nodules are seen in all except:

34. Jaccoud’s arthropathy is not characteristic of:

35. Which bacterium is not associated with reactive arthritis?

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

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

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

39. Myopathy may develop from all except:

40. Which is a recognised pulmonary complication of SLE?

41. Raynaud’s phenomenon may be treated by:

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

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

44. Heberden’s node is seen in:

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

46. Hydroxychloroquine toxicity does not produce:

47. Rheumatoid nodules are characterised by all except:

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

49. Felty’s syndrome is not associated with:

50. ‘Pathergy’ is characteristic of: