Rheumatology

1. Reiter’s syndrome is not featured by:

2. Finkelstein’s test is positive in:

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

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

5. Calcinosis is featured by all except:

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

7. Fibromyalgia is characterised by all except:

8. Exacerbations of SLE are produced by:

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

10. Lyme arthritis is:

11. Jaccoud’s arthropathy is not characteristic of:

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

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

14. Pseudogout may result from all except:

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

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

17. Dystrophic calcinosis is classically seen in:

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

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

20. Terminal interphalangeal joint is classically involved in:

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

22. Paget’s disease is not manifested by:

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

24. Which type of collagen is abundant in bones?

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

26. The commonest metabolic bone disease is:

27. All are characteristic features of DLE except:

28. Drug of choice for relieving pain in osteoarthritis is:

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

30. Subcutaneous nodules are seen in all except:

31. Angioneurotic oedema may be treated by:

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

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

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

35. Raynaud’s phenomenon may be treated by:

36. Rheumatoid nodules are characterised by all except:

37. CREST syndrome is an aggregation of calcinosis, Raynaud’s phenomenon, sclerodactyly, telangiectasia and __?

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

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

40. Oesophagus is most commonly involved by:

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

42. Anti-Jo 1 antibody is diagnostic of:

43. Polyarthritis is the affection of more than:

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

45. Rheumatoid factor in SLE is positive in:

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

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

48. Seronegative arthropathy is not associated with:

49. Colchicine may be used in all except:

50. Temporal arteritis is featured by all except: