Rheumatology

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

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

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

4. Antitopoisomerase-1 virtually diagnoses:

5. The commonest organism involved in osteomyelitis is:

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

7. Dystrophic calcinosis is classically seen in:

8. Hypertrophic osteoarthropathy is least common in:

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

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

11. Jaccoud’s arthropathy is not characteristic of:

12. Reiter’s syndrome is not featured by:

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

14. Eosinophilic fasciitis does not give rise to:

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

16. Which of the following is the specific antibody for SLE?

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

18. Lyme arthritis is:

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

20. Hyperostosis is seen in all except:

21. Inclusion body myositis is characterised by all except:

22. Drug-induced livedo reticularis is seen with:

23. HBsAg may be present in which vasculitis?

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

25. ‘Arthritis mutilans’ is characteristic of:

26. All are characteristic features of DLE except:

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

28. Brucella arthritis commonly affects:

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

30. Exacerbations of SLE are produced by:

31. Infliximab is directed against:

32. Example of autoimmune arthritis is:

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

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

35. Calcinosis is featured by all except:

36. CREST syndrome is an aggregation of calcinosis, Raynaud’s phenomenon, sclerodactyly, telangiectasia and __?

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

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

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

40. Polyarthritis is the affection of more than:

41. Syndesmophytes are seen in all except:

42. Terminal interphalangeal joint is classically involved in:

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

44. Metacarpophalangeal joints are usually not affected in:

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

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

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

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

49. 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:

50. Which is not true in pleural disease of rheumatoid arthritis?