Rheumatology

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

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

3. Jaccoud’s arthropathy is not characteristic of:

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

5. ‘Arthritis mutilans’ is characteristic of:

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

7. Inclusion body myositis is characterised by all except:

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

9. Drug-induced livedo reticularis is seen with:

10. ‘Pathergy’ is characteristic of:

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

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

13. Myopathy may develop from all except:

14. Which of the following usually presents as monoarthropathy?

15. Which is a recognised pulmonary complication of SLE?

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

17. Antitopoisomerase-1 virtually diagnoses:

18. Lupus nephritis is treated by all except:

19. Hyperostosis is seen in all except:

20. Kawasaki disease is associated with:

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

22. Recurrent anterior uveitis is most characteristic of:

23. Lyme arthritis is:

24. All of the following indicate poor prognosis in rheumatoid arthritis except:

25. Heberden’s node is seen in:

26. Polyarteritis nodosa is not manifested by:

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

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

29. Angioneurotic oedema may be treated by:

30. Rheumatoid arthritis is strongly associated with histocompatibility antigen?

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

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

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

34. Terminal interphalangeal joint is classically involved in:

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

36. The commonest presentation of cardiac lupus is:

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

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

39. Eosinophilic fasciitis is associated with all except:

40. Hands of scleroderma may classically reveal all except:

41. Nodal osteoarthritis is common in:

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

43. Polyarthritis is the affection of more than:

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

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

46. Onion-skin spleen is classically seen in:

47. Brucella arthritis commonly affects:

48. Forrestier’s disease is associated with:

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

50. Rheumatoid nodules are characterised by all except: