Rheumatology

1. Dystrophic calcinosis is classically seen in:

2. Myopathy may develop from all except:

3. The commonest presentation of cardiac lupus is:

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

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

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

7. Rheumatoid arthritis is strongly associated with histocompatibility antigen?

8. Hypertrophic osteoarthropathy is least common in:

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

10. Oesophagus is most commonly involved by:

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

12. Onion-skin spleen is classically seen in:

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

14. Raynaud’s phenomenon may be treated by:

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

16. The commonest metabolic bone disease is:

17. Which of the following usually presents as monoarthropathy?

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

19. Forrestier’s disease is associated with:

20. Eosinophilic fasciitis is associated with all except:

21. Pseudogout (chondrocalcinosis) is associated with the deposition of crystals of:

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

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

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

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

26. Calcinosis is featured by all except:

27. Anti-RNP antibody is diagnostic of:

28. Polyarthritis is the affection of more than:

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

30. Exacerbations of SLE are produced by:

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

32. ‘Arthritis mutilans’ is characteristic of:

33. Kawasaki disease is associated with:

34. Brucella arthritis commonly affects:

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

36. Recurrent anterior uveitis is most characteristic of:

37. Metacarpophalangeal joints are usually not affected in:

38. Inclusion body myositis is characterised by all except:

39. ‘Pathergy’ is characteristic of:

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

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

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

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

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

45. Behcet’s syndrome is not associated with:

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

47. Seronegative arthropathy is not associated with:

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

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

50. Felty’s syndrome is not associated with: