Rheumatology

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

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

3. Cytoid (colloid) bodies in the retina are recognised finding in:

4. Colchicine may be used in all except:

5. Lupus nephritis is treated by all except:

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

7. Behcet’s syndrome is not associated with:

8. Oesophagus is most commonly involved by:

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

10. Terminal interphalangeal joint is classically involved in:

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

12. All are true regarding causes of Dupuytren’s contracture except:

13. HBsAg may be present in which vasculitis?

14. Reiter’s syndrome is not featured by:

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

16. Raynaud’s phenomenon may be treated by:

17. Temporal arteritis is featured by all except:

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

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

20. Pseudogout may result from all except:

21. Polymyalgia rheumatica is not associated with:

22. ANA is positive in SLE in approximately:

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

24. Hyperostosis may be a complication of systemic therapy with:

25. Finkelstein’s test is positive in:

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

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

28. Example of autoimmune arthritis is:

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

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

31. Forrestier’s disease is associated with:

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

33. Subcutaneous nodules are seen in all except:

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

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

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

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

38. Hypertrophic osteoarthropathy is least common in:

39. Metacarpophalangeal joints are usually not affected in:

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

41. Syndesmophytes are seen in all except:

42. Extra-articular manifestations in rheumatoid arthritis are commonly associated with:

43. Clutton’s joint is characteristic of:

44. Recurrent anterior uveitis is most characteristic of:

45. All are characteristic features of DLE except:

46. Jaccoud’s arthropathy is not characteristic of:

47. Hereditary angioneurotic oedema is due to:

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

49. Hydroxychloroquine toxicity does not produce:

50. Drug-induced livedo reticularis is seen with: