Rheumatology

1. Colchicine may be used in all except:

2. Terminal interphalangeal joint is classically involved in:

3. False-positive serological test (VDRL) persisting for 6 months is seen in all except:

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

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

6. Exacerbations of SLE are produced by:

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

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

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

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

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

12. Example of autoimmune arthritis is:

13. Which bacterium is not associated with reactive arthritis?

14. Avascular necrosis of bone is a recognised association in all except:

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

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

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

18. Polyarthritis is the affection of more than:

19. Hypertrophic osteoarthropathy is most commonly due to:

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

21. Finkelstein’s test is positive in:

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

23. Calcinosis is featured by all except:

24. Inclusion body myositis is characterised by all except:

25. Lupus nephritis is treated by all except:

26. Which of the following is not associated with active SLE?

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

28. Behcet’s syndrome is not associated with:

29. The viscosity of synovial fluid in osteoarthritis is:

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

31. Polymyalgia rheumatica is not associated with:

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

33. Rheumatoid nodules are characterised by all except:

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

35. ‘Pathergy’ is characteristic of:

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

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

38. Hydroxychloroquine toxicity does not produce:

39. Reiter’s syndrome is not featured by:

40. Eosinophilic fasciitis does not give rise to:

41. Angioneurotic oedema may be treated by:

42. Recurrent anterior uveitis is most characteristic of:

43. Syndesmophytes are seen in all except:

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

45. Oesophagus is most commonly involved by:

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

47. CREST syndrome is diagnosed by the presence of:

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

49. Heberden’s node is seen in:

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