Rheumatology

1. Polymyalgia rheumatica is not associated with:

2. 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:

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

4. Anti-RNP antibody is diagnostic of:

5. Rheumatoid factor in SLE is positive in:

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

7. Behcet’s syndrome is not associated with:

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

9. Rheumatoid arthritis is strongly associated with histocompatibility antigen?

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

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

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

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

14. Hereditary angioneurotic oedema is due to:

15. Pseudogout may result from all except:

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

17. Dystrophic calcinosis is classically seen in:

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

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

20. Fibromyalgia is characterised by all except:

21. HBsAg may be present in which vasculitis?

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

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

24. Myopathy may develop from all except:

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

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

27. Polarised light microscopy of synovial fluid in gout shows:

28. Paget’s disease is not manifested by:

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

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

31. Which of the following is not a side effect of penicillamine?

32. Which bacterium is not associated with reactive arthritis?

33. Metacarpophalangeal joints are usually not affected in:

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

35. ‘Arthritis mutilans’ is characteristic of:

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

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

38. The most effective prophylaxis adopted in gout by:

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

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

41. Eosinophilic fasciitis is associated with all except:

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

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

44. Which of the following usually presents as monoarthropathy?

45. Gout may be treated by all except:

46. Antitopoisomerase-1 virtually diagnoses:

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

48. All are extra-articular manifestations of rheumatoid arthritis except:

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

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