Rheumatology

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

2. Which type of collagen is abundant in bones?

3. Rheumatoid arthritis is strongly associated with histocompatibility antigen?

4. Colchicine may be used in all except:

5. Hypertrophic osteoarthropathy is most commonly due to:

6. Antitopoisomerase-1 virtually diagnoses:

7. Pseudogout may result from all except:

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

9. Cytoid (colloid) bodies in the retina are recognised finding in:

10. Behcet’s syndrome is not associated with:

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

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

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

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

15. Anti-RNP antibody is diagnostic of:

16. Finkelstein’s test is positive in:

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

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

19. Kawasaki disease is associated with:

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

21. Terminal interphalangeal joint is classically involved in:

22. Hands of scleroderma may classically reveal all except:

23. Felty’s syndrome is not associated with:

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

25. The most effective prophylaxis adopted in gout by:

26. Which of the following is recognised extra-articular manifestation of ankylosing spondylitis?

27. Oesophagus is most commonly involved by:

28. Paget’s disease is not manifested by:

29. Myopathy may develop from all except:

30. All are characteristic features of DLE except:

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

32. The commonest metabolic bone disease is:

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

34. Calcinosis is featured by all except:

35. Temporal arteritis is featured by all except:

36. Gout may be treated by all except:

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

38. Forrestier’s disease is associated with:

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

40. Polyarteritis nodosa is not manifested by:

41. Eosinophilic fasciitis does not give rise to:

42. HBsAg may be present in which vasculitis?

43. Infliximab is directed against:

44. Angioneurotic oedema may be treated by:

45. Inclusion body myositis is characterised by all except:

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

47. Exacerbations of SLE are produced by:

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

49. Clutton’s joint is characteristic of:

50. Fibromyalgia is characterised by all except: