Rheumatology

1. Lupus nephritis is treated by all except:

2. Hypertrophic osteoarthropathy is least common in:

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

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

5. Temporal arteritis is featured by all except:

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

7. Behcet’s syndrome is not associated with:

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

9. Hereditary angioneurotic oedema is due to:

10. The commonest organism involved in osteomyelitis is:

11. Angioneurotic oedema may be treated by:

12. Brucella arthritis commonly affects:

13. Terminal interphalangeal joint is classically involved in:

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

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

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

17. ‘Arthritis mutilans’ is characteristic of:

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

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

20. Clutton’s joint is characteristic of:

21. Eosinophilic fasciitis does not give rise to:

22. Kawasaki disease is associated with:

23. Subcutaneous nodules are seen in all except:

24. Fibromyalgia is characterised by all except:

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

26. Hypertrophic osteoarthropathy is most commonly due to:

27. Seronegative arthropathy is not associated with:

28. Inclusion body myositis is characterised by all except:

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

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

31. Polyarthritis is the affection of more than:

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

33. Rheumatoid nodules are characterised by all except:

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

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

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

37. Rheumatoid arthritis is strongly associated with histocompatibility antigen?

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

39. Pseudogout may result from all except:

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

41. Hydroxychloroquine toxicity does not produce:

42. A 20-year woman has repeated attacks of myalgia, non-deforming arthralgia, pericarditis and pleural effusion for two years. The laboratory screening test should be:

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

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

45. Colchicine may be used in all except:

46. Calcinosis is featured by all except:

47. Hyperostosis is seen in all except:

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

49. Syndesmophytes are seen in all except:

50. Onion-skin spleen is classically seen in: