Rheumatology

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

2. Jaccoud’s arthropathy is not characteristic of:

3. HBsAg may be present in which vasculitis?

4. Hyperostosis is seen in all except:

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

6. Which bacterium is not associated with reactive arthritis?

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

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

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

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

11. Eosinophilic fasciitis does not give rise to:

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

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

14. Paget’s disease is not manifested by:

15. Brucella arthritis commonly affects:

16. Infliximab is directed against:

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

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

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

20. Drug-induced livedo reticularis is seen with:

21. Colchicine may be used in all except:

22. Raynaud’s phenomenon may be treated by:

23. Which type of collagen is abundant in bones?

24. Rheumatoid arthritis is strongly associated with histocompatibility antigen?

25. The viscosity of synovial fluid in osteoarthritis is:

26. Rheumatoid nodules are characterised by all except:

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

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

29. The commonest metabolic bone disease is:

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

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

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

33. ‘Pathergy’ is characteristic of:

34. Myopathy may develop from all except:

35. All are characteristic features of DLE except:

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

37. ANA is positive in SLE in approximately:

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

39. CREST syndrome is diagnosed by the presence of:

40. Polyarteritis nodosa is not manifested by:

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

42. Hands of scleroderma may classically reveal all except:

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

44. Pseudogout may result from all except:

45. Polymyalgia rheumatica is not associated with:

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

47. The commonest presentation of cardiac lupus is:

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

49. Terminal interphalangeal joint is classically involved in:

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