Rheumatology

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

2. Hydroxychloroquine toxicity does not produce:

3. Which type of collagen is abundant in bones?

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

5. Angioneurotic oedema may be treated by:

6. Hyperostosis is seen in all except:

7. Cytoid (colloid) bodies in the retina are recognised finding in:

8. Which of the following is not an extra-articular manifestation of ankylosing spondylitis?

9. Which organ involvement does not occur in progressive systemic sclerosis?

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

11. Eosinophilic fasciitis is associated with all except:

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

13. Subcutaneous nodules are seen in all except:

14. 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:

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

16. Hypertrophic osteoarthropathy is least common in:

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

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

19. CREST syndrome is diagnosed by the presence of:

20. Forrestier’s disease is associated with:

21. Seronegative arthropathy is not associated with:

22. Behcet’s syndrome is not associated with:

23. Lyme arthritis is:

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

25. Colchicine may be used in all except:

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

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

28. Drug of choice for relieving pain in osteoarthritis is:

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

30. Inclusion body myositis is characterised by all except:

31. In rheumatoid arthritis, rheumatoid factor is formed against:

32. Exacerbations of SLE are produced by:

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

34. All are characteristic features of DLE except:

35. Jaccoud’s arthropathy is not characteristic of:

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

37. Nodal osteoarthritis is common in:

38. Paget’s disease is not manifested by:

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

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

41. Rheumatoid arthritis is strongly associated with histocompatibility antigen?

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

43. Rose-Waaler test (RF) is positive in rheumatoid arthritis in:

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

45. HBsAg may be present in which vasculitis?

46. Hereditary angioneurotic oedema is due to:

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

48. Dystrophic calcinosis is classically seen in:

49. The viscosity of synovial fluid in osteoarthritis is:

50. Rheumatoid nodules are characterised by all except: