Rheumatology

1. Hydroxychloroquine toxicity does not produce:

2. The most effective prophylaxis adopted in gout by:

3. Drug of choice for relieving pain in osteoarthritis is:

4. Kawasaki disease is associated with:

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

6. Angioneurotic oedema may be treated by:

7. Rheumatoid nodules are characterised by all except:

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

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

10. Temporal arteritis is featured by all except:

11. ‘Arthritis mutilans’ is characteristic of:

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

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

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

15. The commonest presentation of cardiac lupus is:

16. Exacerbations of SLE are produced by:

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

18. Gout may be treated by all except:

19. Rheumatoid arthritis is strongly associated with histocompatibility antigen?

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

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

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

23. ANA is positive in SLE in approximately:

24. Onion-skin spleen is classically seen in:

25. Behcet’s syndrome is not associated with:

26. Which is a recognised pulmonary complication of SLE?

27. Which of the following is the specific antibody for SLE?

28. Which organ involvement is not included within the classic triad of Wegener’s granulomatosis?

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

30. Classically which of the following does not produce polyarthralgia?

31. All are characteristic features of DLE except:

32. Terminal interphalangeal joint is classically involved in:

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

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

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

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

37. The viscosity of synovial fluid in osteoarthritis is:

38. Anti-RNP antibody is diagnostic of:

39. Which type of collagen is abundant in bones?

40. Heberden’s node is seen in:

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

42. ‘Pathergy’ is characteristic of:

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

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

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

46. Calcinosis is featured by all except:

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

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

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

50. Example of autoimmune arthritis is: