Rheumatology

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

2. Syndesmophytes are seen in all except:

3. ANA is positive in SLE in approximately:

4. Gout may be treated by all except:

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

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

7. Anti-RNP antibody is diagnostic of:

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

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

10. Lupus nephritis is treated by all except:

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

12. HLA B-27 is usually detected in all except:

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

14. Drug-induced livedo reticularis is seen with:

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

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

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

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

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

20. Paget’s disease is not manifested by:

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

22. Kawasaki disease is associated with:

23. Behcet’s syndrome is not associated with:

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

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

26. Which of the following is commonly involved in Paget’s disease?

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

28. Fibromyalgia is characterised by all except:

29. Lyme arthritis is:

30. Pseudogout may result from all except:

31. All are characteristic features of DLE except:

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

33. Jaccoud’s arthropathy is not characteristic of:

34. Oesophagus is most commonly involved by:

35. Finkelstein’s test is positive in:

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

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

38. Metacarpophalangeal joints are usually not affected in:

39. Felty’s syndrome is not associated with:

40. Polymyalgia rheumatica is not associated with:

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

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

43. Hereditary angioneurotic oedema is due to:

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

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

46. Inclusion body myositis is characterised by all except:

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

48. Eosinophilic fasciitis does not give rise to:

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

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