Rheumatology

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

2. Temporal arteritis is featured by all except:

3. Hypertrophic osteoarthropathy is least common in:

4. Antitopoisomerase-1 virtually diagnoses:

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

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

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

8. CREST syndrome is diagnosed by the presence of:

9. Polymyalgia rheumatica is not associated with:

10. ANA is positive in SLE in approximately:

11. Infliximab is directed against:

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

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

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

15. Which bacterium is not associated with reactive arthritis?

16. Anti-Jo 1 antibody is diagnostic of:

17. Churg-Strauss syndrome commonly manifests as:

18. Inclusion body myositis is characterised by all except:

19. Calcinosis is featured by all except:

20. Example of autoimmune arthritis is:

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

22. Rheumatoid nodules are characterised by all except:

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

24. Brucella arthritis commonly affects:

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

26. 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:

27. Eosinophilic fasciitis does not give rise to:

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

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

30. The most effective prophylaxis adopted in gout by:

31. Ocular manifestations of rheumatoid arthritis usually do not include:

32. Which of the following is commonly involved in Paget’s disease?

33. Drug-induced livedo reticularis is seen with:

34. Onion-skin spleen is classically seen in:

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

36. Terminal interphalangeal joint is classically involved in:

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

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

39. Rheumatoid arthritis is strongly associated with histocompatibility antigen?

40. Nodal osteoarthritis is common in:

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

42. ‘Pathergy’ is characteristic of:

43. In Churg-Strauss syndrome, the principal organ involved is:

44. Recurrent anterior uveitis is most characteristic of:

45. Subcutaneous nodules are seen in all except:

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

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

48. ‘Arthritis mutilans’ is characteristic of:

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

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