Rheumatology

1. Churg-Strauss syndrome commonly manifests as:

2. Polyarthritis is the affection of more than:

3. 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:

4. Syndesmophytes are seen in all except:

5. Reiter’s syndrome is not featured by:

6. Temporal arteritis is featured by all except:

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

8. Oesophagus is most commonly involved by:

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

10. Lupus nephritis is treated by all except:

11. Subcutaneous nodules are seen in all except:

12. Pseudogout may result from all except:

13. Polymyalgia rheumatica is not associated with:

14. Anti-Jo 1 antibody is diagnostic of:

15. The most effective prophylaxis adopted in gout by:

16. False-positive serological test (VDRL) persisting for 6 months is seen in all except:

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

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

19. Nodal osteoarthritis is common in:

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

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

22. Rheumatoid factor in SLE is positive in:

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

24. Hyperostosis is seen in all except:

25. Myopathy may develop from all except:

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

27. ANA is positive in SLE in approximately:

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

29. ‘Arthritis mutilans’ is characteristic of:

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

31. Multiple myeloma is associated with all of the following except:

32. Hypertrophic osteoarthropathy is least common in:

33. Dystrophic calcinosis is classically seen in:

34. Felty’s syndrome is not associated with:

35. Jaccoud’s arthropathy is not characteristic of:

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

37. Kawasaki disease is associated with:

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

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

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

41. Exacerbations of SLE are produced by:

42. The commonest organism involved in osteomyelitis is:

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

44. Angioneurotic oedema may be treated by:

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

46. Paget’s disease is not manifested by:

47. Infliximab is directed against:

48. ANF is not found in SLE when there is:

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

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