Rheumatology

1. Anti-RNP antibody is diagnostic of:

2. Kawasaki disease is associated with:

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

4. Lupus nephritis is treated by all except:

5. Polymyalgia rheumatica is not associated with:

6. Temporal arteritis is featured by all except:

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

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

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

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

11. Felty’s syndrome is not associated with:

12. Terminal interphalangeal joint is classically involved in:

13. Subcutaneous nodules are seen in all except:

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

15. Forrestier’s disease is associated with:

16. Rheumatoid factor in SLE is positive in:

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

18. Cytoid (colloid) bodies in the retina are recognised finding in:

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

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

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

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

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

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

25. Clutton’s joint is characteristic of:

26. Syndesmophytes are seen in all except:

27. Sjogren’s syndrome may be associated with all except:

28. Hereditary angioneurotic oedema is due to:

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

30. All are characteristic features of DLE except:

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

32. Polyarteritis nodosa is not manifested by:

33. Avascular necrosis of bone is a recognised association in all except:

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

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

36. 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:

37. Oesophagus is most commonly involved by:

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

39. Which type of collagen is abundant in bones?

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

41. Heberden’s node is seen in:

42. Which of the following is not associated with active SLE?

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

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

45. Pseudogout may result from all except:

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

47. Antitopoisomerase-1 virtually diagnoses:

48. Exacerbations of SLE are produced by:

49. Hyperostosis is seen in all except:

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