Rheumatology

1. The most effective prophylaxis adopted in gout by:

2. Antitopoisomerase-1 virtually diagnoses:

3. Osteomalacia may be produced by therapy with all except:

4. Hypertrophic osteoarthropathy is most commonly due to:

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

6. Rheumatoid nodules are characterised by all except:

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

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

9. Which of the following is recognised extra-articular manifestation of ankylosing spondylitis?

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

11. Recurrent anterior uveitis is most characteristic of:

12. The commonest metabolic bone disease is:

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

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

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

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

17. Metacarpophalangeal joints are usually not affected in:

18. CREST syndrome is diagnosed by the presence of:

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

20. Jaccoud’s arthropathy is not characteristic of:

21. Terminal interphalangeal joint is classically involved in:

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

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

24. Which of the following usually presents as monoarthropathy?

25. Rheumatoid arthritis is strongly associated with histocompatibility antigen?

26. Raynaud’s phenomenon may be treated by:

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

28. Brucella arthritis commonly affects:

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

30. Anti-Jo 1 antibody is diagnostic of:

31. Reiter’s syndrome is not featured by:

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

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

34. Infliximab is directed against:

35. Lupus nephritis is treated by all except:

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

37. Which bacterium is not associated with reactive arthritis?

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

39. Angioneurotic oedema may be treated by:

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

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

42. Pseudogout may result from all except:

43. Anti-RNP antibody is diagnostic of:

44. Temporal arteritis is featured by all except:

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

46. Finkelstein’s test is positive in:

47. Hypertrophic osteoarthropathy is least common in:

48. Onion-skin spleen is classically seen in:

49. The viscosity of synovial fluid in osteoarthritis is:

50. Mask-like face is seen in all except: