Rheumatology

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

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

3. Inclusion body myositis is characterised by all except:

4. Hereditary angioneurotic oedema is due to:

5. Anti-Jo 1 antibody is diagnostic of:

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

7. Infliximab is directed against:

8. Polyarthritis is the affection of more than:

9. Terminal interphalangeal joint is classically involved in:

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

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

12. Seronegative arthropathy is not associated with:

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

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

15. Which bacterium is not associated with reactive arthritis?

16. Anti-RNP antibody is diagnostic of:

17. Colchicine may be used in all except:

18. Rheumatoid factor in SLE is positive in:

19. Drug-induced livedo reticularis is seen with:

20. Temporal arteritis is featured by all except:

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

22. Brucella arthritis commonly affects:

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

24. Calcinosis is featured by all except:

25. ‘Pathergy’ is characteristic of:

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

27. Pseudogout may result from all except:

28. Exacerbations of SLE are produced by:

29. Heberden’s node is seen in:

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

31. Which type of collagen is abundant in bones?

32. Polyarteritis nodosa is not manifested by:

33. Polymyalgia rheumatica is not associated with:

34. Eosinophilic fasciitis does not give rise to:

35. ‘Arthritis mutilans’ is characteristic of:

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

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

38. The most effective prophylaxis adopted in gout by:

39. All are characteristic features of DLE except:

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

41. Kawasaki disease is associated with:

42. Behcet’s syndrome is not associated with:

43. Sjogren’s syndrome may be associated with all except:

44. Rheumatoid arthritis is strongly associated with histocompatibility antigen?

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

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

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

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

49. Syndesmophytes are seen in all except:

50. CREST syndrome is diagnosed by the presence of: