Rheumatology

1. Subcutaneous nodules are seen in all except:

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

3. Myopathy may develop from all except:

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

5. Which bacterium is not associated with reactive arthritis?

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

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

8. Onion-skin spleen is classically seen in:

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

10. Forrestier’s disease is associated with:

11. Lupus nephritis is treated by all except:

12. Brucella arthritis commonly affects:

13. Syndesmophytes are seen in all except:

14. Polyarthritis is the affection of more than:

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

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

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

18. Polyarteritis nodosa is not manifested by:

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

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

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

22. Seronegative arthropathy is not associated with:

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

24. Which of the following conditions is not associated with carpal tunnel syndrome?

25. c-ANCA (antinuclear cytoplasmic antibody) is diagnostic of:

26. Fibromyalgia is characterised by all except:

27. Bouchard’s nodes in osteoarthritis are seen in:

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

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

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

31. The most effective prophylaxis adopted in gout by:

32. Cytoid (colloid) bodies in the retina are recognised finding in:

33. Inclusion body myositis is characterised by all except:

34. The commonest presentation of cardiac lupus is:

35. Hands of scleroderma may classically reveal all except:

36. Behcet’s syndrome is not associated with:

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

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

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

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

41. Churg-Strauss syndrome commonly manifests as:

42. Hypertrophic osteoarthropathy is least common in:

43. 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:

44. Clutton’s joint is characteristic of:

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

46. Recurrent anterior uveitis is most characteristic of:

47. CREST syndrome is diagnosed by the presence of:

48. Rheumatoid factor in SLE is positive in:

49. Anti-cytokine therapy is usually not associated with:

50. Still’s disease is classically associated with all except: