Rheumatology

1. Drug-induced livedo reticularis is seen with:

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

3. Hypertrophic osteoarthropathy is least common in:

4. Extra-articular manifestations in rheumatoid arthritis are commonly associated with:

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

6. Lyme arthritis is:

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

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

9. Heberden’s node is seen in:

10. Subcutaneous nodules are seen in all except:

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

12. ‘Pathergy’ is characteristic of:

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

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

15. Which is a recognised pulmonary complication of SLE?

16. Polymyalgia rheumatica is not associated with:

17. Antitopoisomerase-1 virtually diagnoses:

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

19. Jaccoud’s arthropathy is not characteristic of:

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

21. All are true regarding causes of Dupuytren’s contracture except:

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

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

24. Lupus nephritis is treated by all except:

25. The commonest metabolic bone disease is:

26. Rheumatoid nodules are characterised by all except:

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

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

29. Hands of scleroderma may classically reveal all except:

30. Seronegative arthropathy is not associated with:

31. HBsAg may be present in which vasculitis?

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

33. Pseudogout may result from all except:

34. Reiter’s syndrome is not featured by:

35. Anti-RNP antibody is diagnostic of:

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

37. Temporal arteritis is featured by all except:

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

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

40. Terminal interphalangeal joint is classically involved in:

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

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

43. Gout may be treated by all except:

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

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

46. Osteosclerosis of the spine may be seen in all except:

47. Onion-skin spleen is classically seen in:

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

49. Polyarteritis nodosa is not manifested by:

50. Finkelstein’s test is positive in: