Rheumatology

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

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

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

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

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

6. Which type of collagen is abundant in bones?

7. Metacarpophalangeal joints are usually not affected in:

8. Drug-induced livedo reticularis is seen with:

9. Infliximab is directed against:

10. Rheumatoid arthritis is strongly associated with histocompatibility antigen?

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

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

13. Which does not produce an erythematous butterfly-like lesion on face?

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

15. ANF is not found in SLE when there is:

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

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

18. Brucella arthritis commonly affects:

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

20. Felty’s syndrome is not associated with:

21. All are characteristic features of DLE except:

22. Kawasaki disease is associated with:

23. Eosinophilic fasciitis is associated with all except:

24. Polyarthritis is the affection of more than:

25. Angioneurotic oedema may be treated by:

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

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

28. HBsAg may be present in which vasculitis?

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

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

31. Eosinophilic fasciitis does not give rise to:

32. Exacerbations of SLE are produced by:

33. Hypertrophic osteoarthropathy is least common in:

34. Subcutaneous nodules are seen in all except:

35. Hypertrophic osteoarthropathy is most commonly due to:

36. Jaccoud’s arthropathy is not characteristic of:

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

38. Syndesmophytes are seen in all except:

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

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

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

42. Finkelstein’s test is positive in:

43. Heberden’s node is seen in:

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

45. Colchicine may be used in all except:

46. The commonest presentation of cardiac lupus is:

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

48. Myopathy may develop from all except:

49. Hyperostosis is seen in all except:

50. Dystrophic calcinosis is classically seen in: