Rheumatology

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

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

3. Anti-RNP antibody is diagnostic of:

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

5. Hyperostosis is seen in all except:

6. Anti-Jo 1 antibody is diagnostic of:

7. Polyarthritis is the affection of more than:

8. Example of autoimmune arthritis is:

9. The commonest organism involved in osteomyelitis is:

10. Eosinophilic fasciitis is associated with all except:

11. Colchicine may be used in all except:

12. Hypertrophic osteoarthropathy is most commonly due to:

13. Nodal osteoarthritis is common in:

14. Rheumatoid factor in SLE is positive in:

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

16. Gout may be treated by all except:

17. Raynaud’s phenomenon may be treated by:

18. Sickle cell anaemia may be complicated by all except:

19. Mixed connective tissue disease (MCTD) is a combination of SLE, scleroderma, rheumatoid arthritis and  __?

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

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

22. Rheumatoid arthritis is strongly associated with histocompatibility antigen?

23. Hypertrophic osteoarthropathy is least common in:

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

25. Which is a recognised pulmonary complication of SLE?

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

27. Polymyalgia rheumatica is not associated with:

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

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

30. Which of the following is recognised extra-articular manifestation of ankylosing spondylitis?

31. Temporal arteritis is featured by all except:

32. Clutton’s joint is characteristic of:

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

34. Terminal interphalangeal joint is classically involved in:

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

36. Hereditary angioneurotic oedema is due to:

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

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

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

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

41. 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:

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

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

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

45. Exacerbations of SLE are produced by:

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

47. The commonest presentation of cardiac lupus is:

48. Lupus nephritis is treated by all except:

49. Hands of scleroderma may classically reveal all except:

50. Infliximab is directed against: