Rheumatology

1. Syndesmophytes are seen in all except:

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

3. Hyperostosis is seen in all except:

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

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

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

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

8. Hereditary angioneurotic oedema is due to:

9. CREST syndrome is diagnosed by the presence of:

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

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

12. Metacarpophalangeal joints are usually not affected in:

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

14. Onion-skin spleen is classically seen in:

15. Hydroxychloroquine toxicity does not produce:

16. Churg-Strauss syndrome commonly manifests as:

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

18. Anti-RNP antibody is diagnostic of:

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

20. Jaccoud’s arthropathy is not characteristic of:

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

22. Exacerbations of SLE are produced by:

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

24. Which bacterium is not associated with reactive arthritis?

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

26. Myopathy may develop from all except:

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

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

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

30. Hypertrophic osteoarthropathy is most commonly due to:

31. ‘Arthritis mutilans’ is characteristic of:

32. Fibromyalgia is characterised by all except:

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

34. Which of the following usually presents as monoarthropathy?

35. Pseudogout may result from all except:

36. Anti-Jo 1 antibody is diagnostic of:

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

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

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

40. Subcutaneous nodules are seen in all except:

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

42. Rheumatoid factor in SLE is positive in:

43. Kawasaki disease is associated with:

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

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

46. 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:

47. Polyarthritis is the affection of more than:

48. The commonest organism involved in osteomyelitis is:

49. Hypertrophic osteoarthropathy is least common in:

50. Hands of scleroderma may classically reveal all except: