Rheumatology

1. Hypertrophic osteoarthropathy is most commonly due to:

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

3. Hypertrophic osteoarthropathy is least common in:

4. Recurrent anterior uveitis is most characteristic of:

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

6. All are characteristic features of DLE except:

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

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

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

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

11. Felty’s syndrome is not associated with:

12. Infliximab is directed against:

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

14. Exacerbations of SLE are produced by:

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

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

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

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

19. Anti-RNP antibody is diagnostic of:

20. Reiter’s syndrome is not featured by:

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

22. Lupus nephritis is treated by all except:

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

24. HBsAg may be present in which vasculitis?

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

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

27. Gout may be treated by all except:

28. ‘Pathergy’ is characteristic of:

29. Rheumatoid arthritis is strongly associated with histocompatibility antigen?

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

31. Calcinosis is featured by all except:

32. Metacarpophalangeal joints are usually not affected in:

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

34. Churg-Strauss syndrome commonly manifests as:

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

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

37. Brucella arthritis commonly affects:

38. Drug-induced SLE is not commonly associated with:

39. Colchicine may be used in all except:

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

41. Antitopoisomerase-1 virtually diagnoses:

42. Rheumatoid factor in SLE is positive in:

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

44. Fibromyalgia is characterised by all except:

45. Onion-skin spleen is classically seen in:

46. Temporal arteritis is featured by all except:

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

48. The commonest metabolic bone disease is:

49. Nodal osteoarthritis is common in:

50. Lyme arthritis is: