Rheumatology

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

2. Nodal osteoarthritis is common in:

3. Jaccoud’s arthropathy is not characteristic of:

4. The commonest presentation of cardiac lupus is:

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

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

7. Which bacterium is not associated with reactive arthritis?

8. Eosinophilic fasciitis is associated with all except:

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

10. Terminal interphalangeal joint is classically involved in:

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

12. Sjogren’s syndrome may be associated with all except:

13. Which of the following conditions is not associated with carpal tunnel syndrome?

14. Polyarteritis nodosa is not manifested by:

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

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

17. Clutton’s joint is characteristic of:

18. Antitopoisomerase-1 virtually diagnoses:

19. Lyme arthritis is:

20. The viscosity of synovial fluid in osteoarthritis is:

21. Example of autoimmune arthritis is:

22. ANA is positive in SLE in approximately:

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

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

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

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

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

28. Rheumatoid factor in SLE is positive in:

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

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

31. Onion-skin spleen is classically seen in:

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

33. ‘Arthritis mutilans’ is characteristic of:

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

35. All are characteristic features of DLE except:

36. Which type of collagen is abundant in bones?

37. Angioneurotic oedema may be treated by:

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

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

40. Exacerbations of SLE are produced by:

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

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

43. HBsAg may be present in which vasculitis?

44. Colchicine may be used in all except:

45. Eosinophilic fasciitis does not give rise to:

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

47. Pseudogout may result from all except:

48. Hypertrophic osteoarthropathy is least common in:

49. Dystrophic calcinosis is classically seen in:

50. CREST syndrome is diagnosed by the presence of: