Rheumatology

1. Subcutaneous nodules are seen in all except:

2. Nodal osteoarthritis is common in:

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

4. Raynaud’s phenomenon may be treated by:

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

6. Which of the following usually presents as monoarthropathy?

7. Exacerbations of SLE are produced by:

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

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

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

11. Jaccoud’s arthropathy is not characteristic of:

12. Paget’s disease is not manifested by:

13. Hydroxychloroquine toxicity does not produce:

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

15. Which is a recognised pulmonary complication of SLE?

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

17. Forrestier’s disease is associated with:

18. Onion-skin spleen is classically seen in:

19. 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:

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

21. Myopathy may develop from all except:

22. Pseudogout may result from all except:

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

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

25. Lupus nephritis is treated by all except:

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

27. False-positive serological test (VDRL) persisting for 6 months is seen in all except:

28. Example of autoimmune arthritis is:

29. The most effective prophylaxis adopted in gout by:

30. All are characteristic features of DLE except:

31. The commonest organism involved in osteomyelitis is:

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

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

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

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

36. Brucella arthritis commonly affects:

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

38. The commonest metabolic bone disease is:

39. Inclusion body myositis is characterised by all except:

40. Which type of collagen is abundant in bones?

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

42. Anti-RNP antibody is diagnostic of:

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

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

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

46. Oesophagus is most commonly involved by:

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

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

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

50. Polyarthritis is the affection of more than: