Rheumatology

1. Hypertrophic osteoarthropathy is least common in:

2. Forrestier’s disease is associated with:

3. Rheumatoid nodules are characterised by all except:

4. Sickle cell anaemia may be complicated by all except:

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

6. Calcinosis is featured by all except:

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

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

9. Anti-RNP antibody is diagnostic of:

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

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

12. Brucella arthritis commonly affects:

13. Rheumatoid factor in SLE is positive in:

14. Example of autoimmune arthritis is:

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

16. Which of the following usually presents as monoarthropathy?

17. HBsAg may be present in which vasculitis?

18. Fibromyalgia is characterised by all except:

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

20. Seronegative arthropathy is not associated with:

21. Felty’s syndrome is not associated with:

22. Antitopoisomerase-1 virtually diagnoses:

23. Churg-Strauss syndrome commonly manifests as:

24. Colchicine may be used in all except:

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

26. Metacarpophalangeal joints are usually not affected in:

27. Which is a recognised pulmonary complication of SLE?

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

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

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

31. Hydroxychloroquine toxicity does not produce:

32. Raynaud’s phenomenon may be treated by:

33. Nodal osteoarthritis is common in:

34. Which bacterium is not associated with reactive arthritis?

35. Lupus nephritis is treated by all except:

36. Hyperostosis is seen in all except:

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

38. Oesophagus is most commonly involved by:

39. Infliximab is directed against:

40. Osteomalacia may be produced by therapy with all except:

41. Hereditary angioneurotic oedema is due to:

42. ‘Arthritis mutilans’ is characteristic of:

43. Temporal arteritis is featured by all except:

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

45. The commonest presentation of cardiac lupus is:

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

47. The most effective prophylaxis adopted in gout by:

48. Raynaud’s phenomenon is not a feature of:

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

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