Rheumatology

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

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

3. Temporal arteritis is featured by all except:

4. ANA is positive in SLE in approximately:

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

6. Oesophagus is most commonly involved by:

7. Myopathy may develop from all except:

8. Kawasaki disease is associated with:

9. Infliximab is directed against:

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

11. Churg-Strauss syndrome commonly manifests as:

12. Antitopoisomerase-1 virtually diagnoses:

13. Seronegative arthropathy is not associated with:

14. Metacarpophalangeal joints are usually not affected in:

15. Rheumatoid arthritis is strongly associated with histocompatibility antigen?

16. Rheumatoid arthritis patients confront an increased risk of developing all except:

17. Which of the following usually presents as monoarthropathy?

18. Rheumatoid factor in SLE is positive in:

19. Jaccoud’s arthropathy is not characteristic of:

20. Polyarthritis is the affection of more than:

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

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

23. Hereditary angioneurotic oedema is due to:

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

25. Inclusion body myositis is characterised by all except:

26. Which is a recognised pulmonary complication of SLE?

27. Finkelstein’s test is positive in:

28. Forrestier’s disease is associated with:

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

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

31. The most effective prophylaxis adopted in gout by:

32. Lyme arthritis is:

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

34. The commonest presentation of cardiac lupus is:

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

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

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

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

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

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

41. Onion-skin spleen is classically seen in:

42. Pseudogout may result from all except:

43. Raynaud’s phenomenon may be treated by:

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

45. Clutton’s joint is characteristic of:

46. Polyarteritis nodosa is not manifested by:

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

48. Example of autoimmune arthritis is:

49. Which of the following is not a recognised complication of SLE?

50. Rheumatoid nodules are characterised by all except: