Rheumatology

1. Exacerbations of SLE are produced by:

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

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

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

5. Polyarteritis nodosa is not manifested by:

6. Antitopoisomerase-1 virtually diagnoses:

7. Anti-RNP antibody is diagnostic of:

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

9. Behcet’s syndrome is not associated with:

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

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

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

13. Nodal osteoarthritis is common in:

14. Regarding drug-induced SLE, which is false?

15. Drug-induced livedo reticularis is seen with:

16. Subcutaneous nodules are seen in all except:

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

18. Eosinophilic fasciitis is associated with all except:

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

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

21. Inclusion body myositis is characterised by all except:

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

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

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

25. Example of autoimmune arthritis is:

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

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

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

29. Angioneurotic oedema may be treated by:

30. The commonest presentation of cardiac lupus is:

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

32. The commonest organism involved in osteomyelitis is:

33. Polyarthritis is the affection of more than:

34. Pseudogout may result from all except:

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

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

37. Hypertrophic osteoarthropathy is most commonly due to:

38. Recurrent anterior uveitis is most characteristic of:

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

40. Hereditary angioneurotic oedema is due to:

41. Temporal arteritis is featured by all except:

42. Hydroxychloroquine toxicity does not produce:

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

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

45. Dystrophic calcinosis is classically seen in:

46. Hands of scleroderma may classically reveal all except:

47. Which of the following usually presents as monoarthropathy?

48. Onion-skin spleen is classically seen in:

49. Churg-Strauss syndrome commonly manifests as:

50. Paget’s disease is not manifested by: