Rheumatology

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

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

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

4. Oesophagus is most commonly involved by:

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

6. Pseudogout may result from all except:

7. Paget’s disease is not manifested by:

8. Hypertrophic osteoarthropathy is least common in:

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

10. Inclusion body myositis is characterised by all except:

11. Polyarthritis is the affection of more than:

12. The commonest metabolic bone disease is:

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

14. Metacarpophalangeal joints are usually not affected in:

15. Subcutaneous nodules are seen in all except:

16. Anti-RNP antibody is diagnostic of:

17. Positive ‘Dagger sign’ in X-ray of spine is a feature of:

18. All are characteristic features of DLE except:

19. Example of autoimmune arthritis is:

20. Terminal interphalangeal joint is classically involved in:

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

22. Lyme arthritis is:

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

24. Temporal arteritis is featured by all except:

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

26. Fibromyalgia is characterised by all except:

27. Finkelstein’s test is positive in:

28. Reiter’s syndrome is not featured by:

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

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

31. Dystrophic calcinosis is classically seen in:

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

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

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

35. Mixed connective tissue disease (MCTD) is a combination of SLE, scleroderma, rheumatoid arthritis and  __?

36. Infliximab is directed against:

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

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

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

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

41. Colchicine may be used in all except:

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

43. The viscosity of synovial fluid in osteoarthritis is:

44. The commonest presentation of cardiac lupus is:

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

46. Calcinosis is featured by all except:

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

48. Seronegative arthropathy is not associated with:

49. Which of the following usually presents as monoarthropathy?

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