Rheumatology

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

2. Pseudogout may result from all except:

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

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

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

6. The commonest organism involved in osteomyelitis is:

7. Rheumatoid arthritis is strongly associated with histocompatibility antigen?

8. Exacerbations of SLE are produced by:

9. Eosinophilic fasciitis does not give rise to:

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

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

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

13. Oesophagus is most commonly involved by:

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

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

16. Which type of collagen is abundant in bones?

17. All are characteristic features of DLE except:

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

19. Churg-Strauss syndrome commonly manifests as:

20. Angioneurotic oedema may be treated by:

21. Dystrophic calcinosis is classically seen in:

22. Positive ‘Dagger sign’ in X-ray of spine is a feature of:

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

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

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

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

27. The most effective prophylaxis adopted in gout by:

28. Hydroxychloroquine toxicity does not produce:

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

30. Aseptic necrosis of bone is not a feature of:

31. Nodal osteoarthritis is common in:

32. Colchicine may be used in all except:

33. Hyperostosis is seen in all except:

34. Which is a recognised pulmonary complication of SLE?

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

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

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

38. Behcet’s syndrome is not associated with:

39. Example of autoimmune arthritis is:

40. Antitopoisomerase-1 virtually diagnoses:

41. Jaccoud’s arthropathy is not characteristic of:

42. Which bacterium is not associated with reactive arthritis?

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

44. Which of the following is not an extra-articular manifestation of ankylosing spondylitis?

45. Which of the following usually presents as monoarthropathy?

46. Eosinophilic fasciitis is associated with all except:

47. Polymyalgia rheumatica is not associated with:

48. Anti-RNP antibody is diagnostic of:

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

50. Finkelstein’s test is positive in: