Rheumatology

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

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

3. Which bacterium is not associated with reactive arthritis?

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

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

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

7. 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:

8. Antitopoisomerase-1 virtually diagnoses:

9. Kawasaki disease is associated with:

10. Clutton’s joint is characteristic of:

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

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

13. The most effective prophylaxis adopted in gout by:

14. Hereditary angioneurotic oedema is due to:

15. In rheumatoid arthritis, rheumatoid factor is formed against:

16. Which is a recognised pulmonary complication of SLE?

17. Paget’s disease is not manifested by:

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

19. Onion-skin spleen is classically seen in:

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

21. Seronegative arthropathy is not associated with:

22. Forrestier’s disease is associated with:

23. Subcutaneous nodules are seen in all except:

24. Syndesmophytes are seen in all except:

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

26. Jaccoud’s arthropathy is not characteristic of:

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

28. Multiple myeloma is associated with all of the following except:

29. Example of autoimmune arthritis is:

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

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

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

33. Felty’s syndrome is not associated with:

34. Reiter’s syndrome is not featured by:

35. Exacerbations of SLE are produced by:

36. ANA is positive in SLE in approximately:

37. Brucella arthritis commonly affects:

38. Hypertrophic osteoarthropathy is most commonly due to:

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

40. Metacarpophalangeal joints are usually not affected in:

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

42. CREST syndrome is an aggregation of calcinosis, Raynaud’s phenomenon, sclerodactyly, telangiectasia and __?

43. Which type of collagen is abundant in bones?

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

45. Colchicine may be used in all except:

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

47. Temporal arteritis is featured by all except:

48. Fibromyalgia is characterised by all except:

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

50. Classically which of the following does not produce polyarthralgia?