Rheumatology

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

2. 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:

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

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

5. Inclusion body myositis is characterised by all except:

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

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

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

9. Jaccoud’s arthropathy is not characteristic of:

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

11. Which does not produce an erythematous butterfly-like lesion on face?

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

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

14. Eosinophilic fasciitis does not give rise to:

15. Finkelstein’s test is positive in:

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

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

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

19. Kawasaki disease is associated with:

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

21. Lyme arthritis is:

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

23. Which is not used to treat acute gouty arthritis?

24. Churg-Strauss syndrome commonly manifests as:

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

26. Behcet’s syndrome is not associated with:

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

28. The commonest presentation of cardiac lupus is:

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

30. ‘Arthritis mutilans’ is characteristic of:

31. Lupus nephritis is treated by all except:

32. Felty’s syndrome is not associated with:

33. Rheumatoid factor in SLE is positive in:

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

35. Which of the following is not a disease-modifying antirheumatic drug (DMARD)?

36. Reiter’s syndrome is not featured by:

37. Angioneurotic oedema may be treated by:

38. Polyarthritis is the affection of more than:

39. Example of autoimmune arthritis is:

40. Recurrent anterior uveitis is most characteristic of:

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

42. Rheumatoid nodules are characterised by all except:

43. Myopathy may develop from all except:

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

45. Fibromyalgia is characterised by all except:

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

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

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

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

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