Rheumatology

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

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

3. Raynaud’s phenomenon is not a feature of:

4. Lupus nephritis is treated by all except:

5. Hyperostosis is seen in all except:

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

7. Eosinophilic fasciitis does not give rise to:

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

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

10. Metacarpophalangeal joints are usually not affected in:

11. Hydroxychloroquine toxicity does not produce:

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

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

14. Which of the following usually presents as monoarthropathy?

15. Hands of scleroderma may classically reveal all except:

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

17. Eosinophilic fasciitis is associated with all except:

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

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

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

21. Nodal osteoarthritis is common in:

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

23. Lyme arthritis is:

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

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

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

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

28. Hyperostosis may be a complication of systemic therapy with:

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

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

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

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

33. Paget’s disease is not manifested by:

34. Heberden’s node is seen in:

35. Subcutaneous nodules are seen in all except:

36. ANA is positive in SLE in approximately:

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

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

39. Exacerbations of SLE are produced by:

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

41. Rheumatoid nodules are characterised by all except:

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

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

44. Which bacterium is not associated with reactive arthritis?

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

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

47. CREST syndrome is diagnosed by the presence of:

48. Dystrophic calcinosis is classically seen in:

49. Hypertrophic osteoarthropathy is least common in:

50. Temporal arteritis is featured by all except: