Rheumatology

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

2. All are characteristic features of DLE except:

3. Heberden’s node is seen in:

4. Onion-skin spleen is classically seen in:

5. Temporal arteritis is featured by all except:

6. Lupus nephritis is treated by all except:

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

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

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

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

11. Which is a recognised pulmonary complication of SLE?

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

13. Polymyalgia rheumatica is not associated with:

14. Inclusion body myositis is characterised by all except:

15. Hypertrophic osteoarthropathy is least common in:

16. Myopathy may develop from all except:

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

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

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

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

21. Raynaud’s phenomenon is not a feature of:

22. Example of autoimmune arthritis is:

23. Anti-cytokine therapy is usually not associated with:

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

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

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

27. Eosinophilic fasciitis does not give rise to:

28. Oesophagus is most commonly involved by:

29. Finkelstein’s test is positive in:

30. Angioneurotic oedema may be treated by:

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

32. Hereditary angioneurotic oedema is due to:

33. The viscosity of synovial fluid in osteoarthritis is:

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

35. Clutton’s joint is characteristic of:

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

37. All are extra-articular manifestations of rheumatoid arthritis except:

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

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

40. Which of the following is not a side effect of penicillamine?

41. Polyarteritis nodosa is not manifested by:

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

43. Terminal interphalangeal joint is classically involved in:

44. Dystrophic calcinosis is classically seen in:

45. Felty’s syndrome is not associated with:

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

47. Subcutaneous nodules are seen in all except:

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

49. Gout may be treated by all except:

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