Rheumatology

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

2. Jaccoud’s arthropathy is not characteristic of:

3. Hypertrophic osteoarthropathy is least common in:

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

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

6. Oesophagus is most commonly involved by:

7. Exacerbations of SLE are produced by:

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

9. Angioneurotic oedema may be treated by:

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

11. Hereditary angioneurotic oedema is due to:

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

13. Which of the following usually presents as monoarthropathy?

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

15. Hyperostosis is seen in all except:

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

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

18. Lyme arthritis is:

19. Behcet’s syndrome is not associated with:

20. Aseptic necrosis of bone is not a feature of:

21. Polyarthritis is the affection of more than:

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

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

24. Fibromyalgia is characterised by all except:

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

26. Eosinophilic fasciitis does not give rise to:

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

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

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

30. Kawasaki disease is associated with:

31. Example of autoimmune arthritis is:

32. CREST syndrome is diagnosed by the presence of:

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

34. Which of the following is not a disease-modifying antirheumatic drug (DMARD)?

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

36. Pseudogout may result from all except:

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

38. Anti-Jo 1 antibody is diagnostic of:

39. Which does not produce an erythematous butterfly-like lesion on face?

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

41. Reiter’s syndrome is not featured by:

42. 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:

43. ANA is positive in SLE in approximately:

44. The commonest organism involved in osteomyelitis is:

45. Infliximab is directed against:

46. Finkelstein’s test is positive in:

47. Which bacterium is not associated with reactive arthritis?

48. Clutton’s joint is characteristic of:

49. Which type of collagen is abundant in bones?

50. Rheumatoid arthritis is strongly associated with histocompatibility antigen?