Rheumatology

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

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

3. Inclusion body myositis is characterised by all except:

4. Eosinophilic fasciitis is associated with all except:

5. Hypertrophic osteoarthropathy is least common in:

6. Oesophagus is most commonly involved by:

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

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

9. Infliximab is directed against:

10. Brucella arthritis commonly affects:

11. Finkelstein’s test is positive in:

12. All are characteristic features of DLE except:

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

14. The most effective prophylaxis adopted in gout by:

15. Heberden’s node is seen in:

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

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

18. Terminal interphalangeal joint is classically involved in:

19. Progressive systemic sclerosis (PSS) may develop in all except:

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

21. Which type of collagen is abundant in bones?

22. Example of autoimmune arthritis is:

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

24. Rheumatoid arthritis is strongly associated with histocompatibility antigen?

25. Which is not true in pleural disease of rheumatoid arthritis?

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

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

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

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

30. Rheumatoid factor in SLE is positive in:

31. Kawasaki disease is associated with:

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

33. Polyarteritis nodosa is not manifested by:

34. Metacarpophalangeal joints are usually not affected in:

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

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

37. Lupus nephritis is treated by all except:

38. Angioneurotic oedema may be treated by:

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

40. Raynaud’s phenomenon may be treated by:

41. Antitopoisomerase-1 virtually diagnoses:

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

43. The commonest organism involved in osteomyelitis is:

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

45. Fibromyalgia is characterised by all except:

46. Dystrophic calcinosis is classically seen in:

47. Hereditary angioneurotic oedema is due to:

48. HBsAg may be present in which vasculitis?

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

50. Behcet’s syndrome is not associated with: