Rheumatology

1. The commonest presentation of cardiac lupus is:

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

3. Finkelstein’s test is positive in:

4. ANA is positive in SLE in approximately:

5. Calcinosis is featured by all except:

6. Anti-RNP antibody is diagnostic of:

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

8. Anti-Jo 1 antibody is diagnostic of:

9. Classically which of the following does not produce polyarthralgia?

10. CREST syndrome is diagnosed by the presence of:

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

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

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

14. Syndesmophytes are seen in all except:

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

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

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

18. Drug-induced livedo reticularis is seen with:

19. Kawasaki disease is associated with:

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

21. Rheumatoid arthritis is strongly associated with histocompatibility antigen?

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

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

24. All are characteristic features of DLE except:

25. Reiter’s syndrome is not featured by:

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

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

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

29. Nodal osteoarthritis is common in:

30. Polyarteritis nodosa is not manifested by:

31. Fibromyalgia is characterised by all except:

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

33. Dystrophic calcinosis is classically seen in:

34. HLA-B27 tissue typing is not associated with:

35. Rheumatoid nodules are characterised by all except:

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

37. Inclusion body myositis is characterised by all except:

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

39. Churg-Strauss syndrome commonly manifests as:

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

41. Subcutaneous nodules are seen in all except:

42. ‘Arthritis mutilans’ is characteristic of:

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

44. The commonest organism involved in osteomyelitis is:

45. Metacarpophalangeal joints are usually not affected in:

46. Oesophagus is most commonly involved by:

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

48. Hyperostosis is seen in all except:

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

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