Rheumatology

1. Gout may be treated by all except:

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

3. Finkelstein’s test is positive in:

4. 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:

5. ‘Pathergy’ is characteristic of:

6. Oesophagus is most commonly involved by:

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

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

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

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

11. CREST syndrome is an aggregation of calcinosis, Raynaud’s phenomenon, sclerodactyly, telangiectasia and __?

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

13. Terminal interphalangeal joint is classically involved in:

14. Dystrophic calcinosis is classically seen in:

15. Recurrent anterior uveitis is most characteristic of:

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

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

18. Rheumatoid factor in SLE is positive in:

19. Eosinophilic fasciitis is associated with all except:

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

21. Onion-skin spleen is classically seen in:

22. Hydroxychloroquine toxicity does not produce:

23. Polyarthritis is the affection of more than:

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

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

26. Which of the following usually presents as monoarthropathy?

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

28. Anti-Jo 1 antibody is diagnostic of:

29. Brucella arthritis commonly affects:

30. Infliximab is directed against:

31. The most effective prophylaxis adopted in gout by:

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

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

34. Which type of collagen is abundant in bones?

35. Fibromyalgia is characterised by all except:

36. All are characteristic features of DLE except:

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

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

39. Inclusion body myositis is characterised by all except:

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

41. Polymyalgia rheumatica is not associated with:

42. Which is a recognised pulmonary complication of SLE?

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

44. Eosinophilic fasciitis does not give rise to:

45. Subcutaneous nodules are seen in all except:

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

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

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

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

50. Hypertrophic osteoarthropathy is most commonly due to: