Rheumatology

1. Hypertrophic osteoarthropathy is least common in:

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

3. Brucella arthritis commonly affects:

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

5. Eosinophilic fasciitis does not give rise to:

6. Myopathy may develop from all except:

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

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

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

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

11. Hypertrophic osteoarthropathy is most commonly due to:

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

13. Lyme arthritis is:

14. Which of the following usually presents as monoarthropathy?

15. Anti-RNP antibody is diagnostic of:

16. Syndesmophytes are seen in all except:

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

18. Lupus nephritis is treated by all except:

19. Terminal interphalangeal joint is classically involved in:

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

21. Nodal osteoarthritis is common in:

22. Colchicine may be used in all except:

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

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

25. HBsAg may be present in which vasculitis?

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

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

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

29. Angioneurotic oedema may be treated by:

30. Heberden’s node is seen in:

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

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

33. Rheumatoid nodules are characterised by all except:

34. Drug-induced livedo reticularis is seen with:

35. Gout may be treated by all except:

36. Example of autoimmune arthritis is:

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

44. Temporal arteritis is featured by all except:

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

46. Dystrophic calcinosis is classically seen in:

47. Which bacterium is not associated with reactive arthritis?

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

49. Which organ involvement does not occur in progressive systemic sclerosis?

50. Reiter’s syndrome is not featured by: