Rheumatology

1. The most effective prophylaxis adopted in gout by:

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

3. Anti-Jo 1 antibody is diagnostic of:

4. Which of the following is not a recognised complication of SLE?

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

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

7. The commonest organism involved in osteomyelitis is:

8. The viscosity of synovial fluid in osteoarthritis is:

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

10. Oesophagus is most commonly involved by:

11. Inclusion body myositis is characterised by all except:

12. Example of autoimmune arthritis is:

13. Paget’s disease is not manifested by:

14. Lyme arthritis is:

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

16. Clutton’s joint is characteristic of:

17. Which bacterium is not associated with reactive arthritis?

18. Heberden’s node is seen in:

19. Colchicine may be used in all except:

20. Seronegative arthropathy is not associated with:

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

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

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

24. Jaccoud’s arthropathy is not characteristic of:

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

26. Metacarpophalangeal joints are usually not affected in:

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

28. Forrestier’s disease is associated with:

29. Gout may be treated by all except:

30. Hypertrophic osteoarthropathy is most commonly due to:

31. Hypertrophic osteoarthropathy is least common in:

32. Onion-skin spleen is classically seen in:

33. Myopathy may develop from all except:

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

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

36. Rheumatoid arthritis is strongly associated with histocompatibility antigen?

37. CREST syndrome is diagnosed by the presence of:

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

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

40. Behcet’s syndrome is not associated with:

41. Syndesmophytes are seen in all except:

42. Pseudogout may result from all except:

43. Eosinophilic fasciitis does not give rise to:

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

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

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

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

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

49. Nodal osteoarthritis is common in:

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