Rheumatology

1. Rheumatoid factor in SLE is positive in:

2. Inclusion body myositis is characterised by all except:

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

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

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

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

7. Felty’s syndrome is not associated with:

8. Clutton’s joint is characteristic of:

9. Reiter’s syndrome is not featured by:

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

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

12. Heberden’s node is seen in:

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

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

15. Raynaud’s phenomenon may be treated by:

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

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

18. Hereditary angioneurotic oedema is due to:

19. Recurrent anterior uveitis is most characteristic of:

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

21. Anti-RNP antibody is diagnostic of:

22. The commonest metabolic bone disease is:

23. Pseudogout may result from all except:

24. Hypertrophic osteoarthropathy is most commonly due to:

25. Brucella arthritis commonly affects:

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

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

28. Which type of collagen is abundant in bones?

29. Metacarpophalangeal joints are usually not affected in:

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

31. ‘Arthritis mutilans’ is characteristic of:

32. Paget’s disease is not manifested by:

33. Seronegative arthropathy is not associated with:

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

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

36. Myopathy may develop from all except:

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

38. Drug-induced livedo reticularis is seen with:

39. Which of the following usually presents as monoarthropathy?

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

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

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

43. The viscosity of synovial fluid in osteoarthritis is:

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

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

46. Kawasaki disease is associated with:

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

48. Temporal arteritis is featured by all except:

49. Lyme arthritis is:

50. Colchicine may be used in all except: