Rheumatology

1. Eosinophilic fasciitis is associated with all except:

2. 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:

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

4. Brucella arthritis commonly affects:

5. Polyarthritis is the affection of more than:

6. Exacerbations of SLE are produced by:

7. Polyarteritis nodosa is not manifested by:

8. Rheumatoid nodules are characterised by all except:

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

10. The most effective prophylaxis adopted in gout by:

11. If a patient with scleroderma with Raynaud’s phenomenon immerses their hand in cold water, the hand will:

12. Which type of collagen is abundant in bones?

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

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

15. Myopathy may develop from all except:

16. Kawasaki disease is associated with:

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

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

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

20. Infliximab is directed against:

21. Antitopoisomerase-1 virtually diagnoses:

22. Oesophagus is most commonly involved by:

23. The commonest presentation of cardiac lupus is:

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

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

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

27. Heberden’s node is seen in:

28. Anti-Jo 1 antibody is diagnostic of:

29. Paget’s disease is not manifested by:

30. Eosinophilic fasciitis does not give rise to:

31. Raynaud’s phenomenon may be treated by:

32. Metacarpophalangeal joints are usually not affected in:

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

34. ANA is positive in SLE in approximately:

35. Subcutaneous nodules are seen in all except:

36. ‘Arthritis mutilans’ is characteristic of:

37. Colchicine may be used in all except:

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

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

40. The viscosity of synovial fluid in osteoarthritis is:

41. Which bacterium is not associated with reactive arthritis?

42. Hyperostosis is seen in all except:

43. Angioneurotic oedema may be treated by:

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

45. Dystrophic calcinosis is classically seen in:

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

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

48. Terminal interphalangeal joint is classically involved in:

49. Which of the following usually presents as monoarthropathy?

50. Hereditary angioneurotic oedema is due to: