Rheumatology

1. Exacerbations of SLE are produced by:

2. All are characteristic features of DLE except:

3. Felty’s syndrome is not associated with:

4. Drug-induced livedo reticularis is seen with:

5. Hands of scleroderma may classically reveal all except:

6. Subcutaneous nodules are seen in all except:

7. ‘Arthritis mutilans’ is characteristic of:

8. The viscosity of synovial fluid in osteoarthritis is:

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

10. Syndesmophytes are seen in all except:

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

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

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

14. Antitopoisomerase-1 virtually diagnoses:

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

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

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

18. 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:

19. Gout may be treated by all except:

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

21. The commonest organism involved in osteomyelitis is:

22. Nodal osteoarthritis is common in:

23. ANA is positive in SLE in approximately:

24. Brucella arthritis commonly affects:

25. Temporal arteritis is featured by all except:

26. Hereditary angioneurotic oedema is due to:

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

28. Eosinophilic fasciitis does not give rise to:

29. Rose-Waaler test (RF) is positive in rheumatoid arthritis in:

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

31. ‘Pathergy’ is characteristic of:

32. Polyarteritis nodosa is not manifested by:

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

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

35. Anti-RNP antibody is diagnostic of:

36. Rheumatoid factor in SLE is positive in:

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

38. Which bacterium is not associated with reactive arthritis?

39. CREST syndrome is diagnosed by the presence of:

40. Hypertrophic osteoarthropathy is least common in:

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

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

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

44. Finkelstein’s test is positive in:

45. Clutton’s joint is characteristic of:

46. Hyperostosis is seen in all except:

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

48. Which of the following is not a disease-modifying antirheumatic drug (DMARD)?

49. Terminal interphalangeal joint is classically involved in:

50. Jaccoud’s arthropathy is not characteristic of: