Rheumatology

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

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

3. Example of autoimmune arthritis is:

4. Dystrophic calcinosis is classically seen in:

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

6. Angioneurotic oedema may be treated by:

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

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

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

10. Clutton’s joint is characteristic of:

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

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

13. Which type of collagen is abundant in bones?

14. Lyme arthritis is:

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

16. Lupus nephritis is treated by all except:

17. The viscosity of synovial fluid in osteoarthritis is:

18. Which of the following usually presents as monoarthropathy?

19. Which bacterium is not associated with reactive arthritis?

20. Kawasaki disease is associated with:

21. Rheumatoid factor in SLE is positive in:

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

23. Hydroxychloroquine toxicity does not produce:

24. Scleroderma-like lesion may be produced by all except:

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

26. Drug-induced livedo reticularis is seen with:

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

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

29. Antitopoisomerase-1 virtually diagnoses:

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

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

32. Syndesmophytes are seen in all except:

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

34. The commonest organism involved in osteomyelitis is:

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

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

37. Heberden’s node is seen in:

38. Polyarthritis is the affection of more than:

39. Nodal osteoarthritis is common in:

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

41. The most effective prophylaxis adopted in gout by:

42. Reiter’s syndrome is not featured by:

43. Calcinosis is featured by all except:

44. Colchicine may be used in all except:

45. Infliximab is directed against:

46. HBsAg may be present in which vasculitis?

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

48. Inclusion body myositis is characterised by all except:

49. Metacarpophalangeal joints are usually not affected in:

50. Terminal interphalangeal joint is classically involved in: