Rheumatology

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

2. Oesophagus is most commonly involved by:

3. Lupus nephritis is treated by all except:

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

5. Calcinosis is featured by all except:

6. Eosinophilic fasciitis is associated with all except:

7. Temporal arteritis is featured by all except:

8. 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:

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

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

11. The commonest presentation of cardiac lupus is:

12. Anti-RNP antibody is diagnostic of:

13. Lyme arthritis is:

14. HBsAg may be present in which vasculitis?

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

16. Which is not true in pleural disease of rheumatoid arthritis?

17. Example of autoimmune arthritis is:

18. Polyarteritis nodosa is not manifested by:

19. Drug-induced livedo reticularis is seen with:

20. Inclusion body myositis is characterised by all except:

21. Angioneurotic oedema may be treated by:

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

23. Behcet’s syndrome is not associated with:

24. Brucella arthritis commonly affects:

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

26. Hydroxychloroquine toxicity does not produce:

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

28. Which type of collagen is abundant in bones?

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

30. Nodal osteoarthritis is common in:

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

32. Recurrent anterior uveitis is most characteristic of:

33. Churg-Strauss syndrome commonly manifests as:

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

35. Hands of scleroderma may classically reveal all except:

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

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

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

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

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

41. ANA is positive in SLE in approximately:

42. ‘Arthritis mutilans’ is characteristic of:

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

44. Polyarthritis is the affection of more than:

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

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

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

48. Subcutaneous nodules are seen in all except:

49. ‘Pathergy’ is characteristic of:

50. Syndesmophytes are seen in all except: