Rheumatology

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

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

3. Gout may be treated by all except:

4. Which of the following usually presents as monoarthropathy?

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

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

7. Lupus nephritis is treated by all except:

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

9. Felty’s syndrome is not associated with:

10. Behcet’s syndrome is not associated with:

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

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

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

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

15. Oesophagus is most commonly involved by:

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

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

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

19. Eosinophilic fasciitis is associated with all except:

20. Hands of scleroderma may classically reveal all except:

21. Reiter’s syndrome is not featured by:

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

23. Brucella arthritis commonly affects:

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

25. Calcinosis is featured by all except:

26. Anti-RNP antibody is diagnostic of:

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

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

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

30. Inclusion body myositis is characterised by all except:

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

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

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

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

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

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

37. Dystrophic calcinosis is classically seen in:

38. Nodal osteoarthritis is common in:

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

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

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

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

43. Churg-Strauss syndrome commonly manifests as:

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

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

46. Onion-skin spleen is classically seen in:

47. Polyarthritis is the affection of more than:

48. ‘Arthritis mutilans’ is characteristic of:

49. Osteosclerosis of the spine may be seen in all except:

50. CREST syndrome is diagnosed by the presence of: