Rheumatology

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

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

3. CREST syndrome is diagnosed by the presence of:

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

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

6. Polyarteritis nodosa is not manifested by:

7. Eosinophilic fasciitis does not give rise to:

8. Anti-Jo 1 antibody is diagnostic of:

9. Which is a recognised pulmonary complication of SLE?

10. The commonest organism involved in osteomyelitis is:

11. Clutton’s joint is characteristic of:

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

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

14. Anti-cytokine therapy is usually not associated with:

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

16. Colchicine may be used in all except:

17. Seronegative arthropathy is not associated with:

18. Brucella arthritis commonly affects:

19. Behcet’s syndrome is not associated with:

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

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

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

23. Oesophagus is most commonly involved by:

24. Gout may be treated by all except:

25. Rheumatoid arthritis is strongly associated with histocompatibility antigen?

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

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

28. Raynaud’s phenomenon may be treated by:

29. Reiter’s syndrome is not featured by:

30. The commonest metabolic bone disease is:

31. ANA is positive in SLE in approximately:

32. Hypertrophic osteoarthropathy is least common in:

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

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

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

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

37. Metacarpophalangeal joints are usually not affected in:

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

39. Temporal arteritis is featured by all except:

40. Example of autoimmune arthritis is:

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

42. Pseudogout may result from all except:

43. Penicillamine and colchicine both are used in the treatment of:

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

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

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

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

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

49. Rheumatoid factor in SLE is positive in:

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