Rheumatology

1. ANA is positive in SLE in approximately:

2. Myopathy may develop from all except:

3. Rheumatoid factor in SLE is positive in:

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

5. Forrestier’s disease is associated with:

6. Oesophagus is most commonly involved by:

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

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

9. Drug-induced livedo reticularis is seen with:

10. Calcinosis is featured by all except:

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

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

13. Recurrent anterior uveitis is most characteristic of:

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

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

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

17. Fibromyalgia is characterised by all except:

18. The commonest presentation of cardiac lupus is:

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

20. Polymyalgia rheumatica is not associated with:

21. Antitopoisomerase-1 virtually diagnoses:

22. Nodal osteoarthritis is common in:

23. Example of autoimmune arthritis is:

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

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

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

27. Eosinophilic fasciitis is associated with all except:

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

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

30. Felty’s syndrome is not associated with:

31. Paget’s disease is not manifested by:

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

33. ‘Arthritis mutilans’ is characteristic of:

34. Hyperostosis is seen in all except:

35. Finkelstein’s test is positive in:

36. Jaccoud’s arthropathy is not characteristic of:

37. Infliximab is directed against:

38. Gout may be treated by all except:

39. Onion-skin spleen is classically seen in:

40. Behcet’s syndrome is not associated with:

41. Inclusion body myositis is characterised by all except:

42. Anti-RNP antibody is diagnostic of:

43. Which bacterium is not associated with reactive arthritis?

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

45. The most effective prophylaxis adopted in gout by:

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

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

48. 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:

49. Which type of collagen is abundant in bones?

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