Rheumatology

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

2. Raynaud’s phenomenon may be treated by:

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

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

5. Inclusion body myositis is characterised by all except:

6. The commonest metabolic bone disease is:

7. Rheumatoid nodules are characterised by all except:

8. All are characteristic features of DLE except:

9. Finkelstein’s test is positive in:

10. Temporal arteritis is featured by all except:

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

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

13. ANA is positive in SLE in approximately:

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

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

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

17. Hyperostosis may be a complication of systemic therapy with:

18. Forrestier’s disease is associated with:

19. Infliximab is directed against:

20. Hypertrophic osteoarthropathy is most commonly due to:

21. Eosinophilic fasciitis does not give rise to:

22. Which type of collagen is abundant in bones?

23. All of the following produce mutilated fingers/toes except:

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

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

26. Hands of scleroderma may classically reveal all except:

27. HBsAg may be present in which vasculitis?

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

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

30. Rheumatoid arthritis patients confront an increased risk of developing all except:

31. Pseudogout may result from all except:

32. Hypertrophic osteoarthropathy is least common in:

33. Which of the following usually presents as monoarthropathy?

34. Anti-Jo 1 antibody is diagnostic of:

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

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

37. Eosinophilic fasciitis is associated with all except:

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

39. Pseudogout (chondrocalcinosis) is associated with the deposition of crystals of:

40. Jaccoud’s arthropathy is not characteristic of:

41. Which is a recognised pulmonary complication of SLE?

42. Exacerbations of SLE are produced by:

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

44. Terminal interphalangeal joint is classically involved in:

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

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

47. Myopathy may develop from all except:

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

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

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