Rheumatology

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

2. Paget’s disease is not manifested by:

3. Jaccoud’s arthropathy is not characteristic of:

4. Angioneurotic oedema may be treated by:

5. Antitopoisomerase-1 virtually diagnoses:

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

7. Anti-Jo 1 antibody is diagnostic of:

8. Recurrent anterior uveitis is most characteristic of:

9. The viscosity of synovial fluid in osteoarthritis is:

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

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

12. Hyperostosis is seen in all except:

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

14. Churg-Strauss syndrome commonly manifests as:

15. Rheumatoid factor in SLE is positive in:

16. In Churg-Strauss syndrome, the principal organ involved is:

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

18. Hereditary angioneurotic oedema is due to:

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

20. Infliximab is directed against:

21. Polyarthritis is the affection of more than:

22. Oesophagus is most commonly involved by:

23. Nodal osteoarthritis is common in:

24. ‘Arthritis mutilans’ is characteristic of:

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

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

27. Dystrophic calcinosis is classically seen in:

28. Regarding drug-induced SLE, which is false?

29. The commonest organism involved in osteomyelitis is:

30. ‘Pathergy’ is characteristic of:

31. Finkelstein’s test is positive in:

32. 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:

33. TNF-antagonist used in treatment of rheumatoid arthritis is:

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

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

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

37. All are characteristic features of DLE except:

38. Inclusion body myositis is characterised by all except:

39. The commonest presentation of cardiac lupus is:

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

41. Hands of scleroderma may classically reveal all except:

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

43. ANA is positive in SLE in approximately:

44. Still’s disease does not give rise to:

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

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

47. Which bacterium is not associated with reactive arthritis?

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

49. The most effective prophylaxis adopted in gout by:

50. Terminal interphalangeal joint is classically involved in: