Rheumatology

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

2. Hyperostosis is seen in all except:

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

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

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

6. Finkelstein’s test is positive in:

7. The most effective prophylaxis adopted in gout by:

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

9. A 20-year woman has repeated attacks of myalgia, non-deforming arthralgia, pericarditis and pleural effusion for two years. The laboratory screening test should be:

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

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

12. Rheumatoid factor in SLE is positive in:

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

14. Polyarteritis nodosa is not manifested by:

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

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

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

18. Colchicine may be used in all except:

19. Felty’s syndrome is not associated with:

20. Hypertrophic osteoarthropathy is most commonly due to:

21. Positive ‘Dagger sign’ in X-ray of spine is a feature of:

22. All are characteristic features of DLE except:

23. Rheumatoid arthritis is strongly associated with histocompatibility antigen?

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

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

26. Mask-like face is seen in all except:

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

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

29. Kawasaki disease is associated with:

30. Polymyalgia rheumatica is not associated with:

31. Lupus nephritis is treated by all except:

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

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

34. Hereditary angioneurotic oedema is due to:

35. Anti-Jo 1 antibody is diagnostic of:

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

37. The viscosity of synovial fluid in osteoarthritis is:

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

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

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

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

42. Exacerbations of SLE are produced by:

43. Eosinophilic fasciitis does not give rise to:

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

45. Antitopoisomerase-1 virtually diagnoses:

46. Raynaud’s phenomenon may be treated by:

47. Example of autoimmune arthritis is:

48. Myopathy may develop from all except:

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

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