Rheumatology

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

2. Regarding drug-induced SLE, which is false?

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

4. All of the following produce mutilated fingers/toes except:

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

6. Myopathy may develop from all except:

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

8. Hypertrophic osteoarthropathy is least common in:

9. Syndesmophytes are seen in all except:

10. ‘Arthritis mutilans’ is characteristic of:

11. Rheumatoid factor in SLE is positive in:

12. Which bacterium is not associated with reactive arthritis?

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

14. Seronegative arthropathy is not associated with:

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

16. Which of the following is not associated with active SLE?

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

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

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

20. Terminal interphalangeal joint is classically involved in:

21. Reiter’s syndrome is not featured by:

22. Hyperostosis is seen in all except:

23. Infliximab is directed against:

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

25. Nodal osteoarthritis is common in:

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

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

28. The most effective prophylaxis adopted in gout by:

29. Anti-Jo 1 antibody is diagnostic of:

30. The commonest presentation of cardiac lupus is:

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

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

33. Onion-skin spleen is classically seen in:

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

35. Polyarteritis nodosa is not manifested by:

36. Metacarpophalangeal joints are usually not affected in:

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

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

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

40. Penicillamine and colchicine both are used in the treatment of:

41. ANA is positive in SLE in approximately:

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

43. Example of autoimmune arthritis is:

44. Rheumatoid nodules are characterised by all except:

45. Lupus nephritis is treated by all except:

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

47. Recurrent anterior uveitis is most characteristic of:

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

49. Inclusion body myositis is characterised by all except:

50. Forrestier’s disease is associated with: