Rheumatology

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

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

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

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

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

6. Anti-RNP antibody is diagnostic of:

7. Calcinosis is featured by all except:

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

9. Raynaud’s phenomenon may be treated by:

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

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

12. ANA is positive in SLE in approximately:

13. Inclusion body myositis is characterised by all except:

14. Dystrophic calcinosis is classically seen in:

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

16. Hydroxychloroquine toxicity does not produce:

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

18. Polyarthritis is the affection of more than:

19. Polymyalgia rheumatica is not associated with:

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

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

22. Infliximab is directed against:

23. Pseudogout may result from all except:

24. Behcet’s syndrome is not associated with:

25. Nodal osteoarthritis is common in:

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

27. Lyme arthritis is:

28. Drug-induced livedo reticularis is seen with:

29. Which of the following usually presents as monoarthropathy?

30. All of the following indicate poor prognosis in rheumatoid arthritis except:

31. Extra-articular manifestations in rheumatoid arthritis are commonly associated with:

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

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

34. The commonest metabolic bone disease is:

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

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

37. Lupus nephritis is treated by all except:

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

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

40. Colchicine may be used in all except:

41. Which is a recognised pulmonary complication of SLE?

42. Myopathy may develop from all except:

43. Metacarpophalangeal joints are usually not affected in:

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

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

46. Angioneurotic oedema may be treated by:

47. Jaccoud’s arthropathy is not characteristic of:

48. Which type of collagen is abundant in bones?

49. Finkelstein’s test is positive in:

50. Hypertrophic osteoarthropathy is most commonly due to: