Rheumatology

1. The most effective prophylaxis adopted in gout by:

2. Calcinosis is featured by all except:

3. Brucella arthritis commonly affects:

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

5. Jaccoud’s arthropathy is not characteristic of:

6. Rheumatoid nodules are characterised by all except:

7. Terminal interphalangeal joint is classically involved in:

8. Clutton’s joint is characteristic of:

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

10. Exacerbations of SLE are produced by:

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

12. Example of autoimmune arthritis is:

13. Nodal osteoarthritis is common in:

14. Drug-induced livedo reticularis is seen with:

15. Churg-Strauss syndrome commonly manifests as:

16. Rheumatoid factor in SLE is positive in:

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

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

19. Osteomalacia may be produced by therapy with all except:

20. Recurrent anterior uveitis is most characteristic of:

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

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

23. Hypertrophic osteoarthropathy is most commonly due to:

24. Felty’s syndrome is not associated with:

25. Hands of scleroderma may classically reveal all except:

26. All are characteristic features of DLE except:

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

28. The commonest presentation of cardiac lupus is:

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

30. Angioneurotic oedema may be treated by:

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

32. Fibromyalgia is characterised by all except:

33. Hydroxychloroquine toxicity does not produce:

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

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

36. Metacarpophalangeal joints are usually not affected in:

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

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

39. Polyarthritis is the affection of more than:

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

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

42. Raynaud’s phenomenon may be treated by:

43. Which type of collagen is abundant in bones?

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

45. Eosinophilic fasciitis is associated with all except:

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

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

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

49. CREST syndrome is diagnosed by the presence of:

50. The commonest metabolic bone disease is: