Rheumatology

1. Subcutaneous nodules are seen in all except:

2. Brucella arthritis commonly affects:

3. Hypertrophic osteoarthropathy is least common in:

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

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

6. Which is a recognised pulmonary complication of SLE?

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

8. Hypertrophic osteoarthropathy is most commonly due to:

9. Polyarteritis nodosa is not manifested by:

10. Calcinosis is featured by all except:

11. The commonest presentation of cardiac lupus is:

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

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

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

15. Anti-RNP antibody is diagnostic of:

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

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

18. Churg-Strauss syndrome commonly manifests as:

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

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

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

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

23. Reiter’s syndrome is not featured by:

24. Which bacterium is not associated with reactive arthritis?

25. Drug-induced livedo reticularis is seen with:

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

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

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

29. Lyme arthritis is:

30. Forrestier’s disease is associated with:

31. Felty’s syndrome is not associated with:

32. Rheumatoid factor in SLE is positive in:

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

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

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

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

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

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

39. Polymyalgia rheumatica is not associated with:

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

41. Gout may be treated by all except:

42. Seronegative arthropathy is not associated with:

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

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

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

46. Behcet’s syndrome is not associated with:

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

48. Raynaud’s phenomenon may be treated by:

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

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