Rheumatology

1. Calcinosis is featured by all except:

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

3. Drug-induced livedo reticularis is seen with:

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

5. Example of autoimmune arthritis is:

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

7. CREST syndrome is diagnosed by the presence of:

8. HBsAg may be present in which vasculitis?

9. Dystrophic calcinosis is classically seen in:

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

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

12. Drug-induced SLE is not commonly associated with:

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

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

15. Which is true regarding synovial fluid analysis in osteoarthritis?

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

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

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

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

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

21. Brucella arthritis commonly affects:

22. Churg-Strauss syndrome commonly manifests as:

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

24. Nodal osteoarthritis is common in:

25. In Churg-Strauss syndrome, the principal organ involved is:

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

27. Polyarteritis nodosa is not manifested by:

28. Hyperostosis is seen in all except:

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

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

31. Polyarthritis is the affection of more than:

32. Syndesmophytes are seen in all except:

33. Oesophagus is most commonly involved by:

34. The most effective prophylaxis adopted in gout by:

35. Fibromyalgia is characterised by all except:

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

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

38. Hydroxychloroquine toxicity does not produce:

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

40. All are characteristic features of DLE except:

41. Raynaud’s phenomenon may be treated by:

42. The commonest metabolic bone disease is:

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

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

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

46. Paget’s disease is not manifested by:

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

48. Which bacterium is not associated with reactive arthritis?

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

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