Rheumatology

1. Lupus nephritis is treated by all except:

2. Paget’s disease is not manifested by:

3. All of the following produce mutilated fingers/toes except:

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

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

6. Which type of collagen is abundant in bones?

7. Forrestier’s disease is associated with:

8. Reiter’s syndrome is not featured by:

9. Example of autoimmune arthritis is:

10. Nodal osteoarthritis is common in:

11. Hyperostosis is seen in all except:

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

13. Inclusion body myositis is characterised by all except:

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

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

16. Raynaud’s phenomenon may be treated by:

17. Rheumatoid factor in SLE is positive in:

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

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

20. Churg-Strauss syndrome commonly manifests as:

21. Avascular necrosis of bone is a recognised association in all except:

22. Behcet’s syndrome is not associated with:

23. Polymyalgia rheumatica is not associated with:

24. Hydroxychloroquine toxicity does not produce:

25. ‘Arthritis mutilans’ is characteristic of:

26. Eosinophilic fasciitis is associated with all except:

27. Finkelstein’s test is positive in:

28. Progressive systemic sclerosis (PSS) may develop in all except:

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

30. Kawasaki disease is associated with:

31. Eosinophilic fasciitis does not give rise to:

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. Temporal arteritis is featured by all except:

34. Polarised light microscopy of synovial fluid in gout shows:

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

36. HBsAg may be present in which vasculitis?

37. Exacerbations of SLE are produced by:

38. Which of the following usually presents as monoarthropathy?

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

40. Syndesmophytes are seen in all except:

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

42. Metacarpophalangeal joints are usually not affected in:

43. Myopathy may develop from all except:

44. All are characteristic features of DLE except:

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

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

47. Infliximab is directed against:

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

49. Subcutaneous nodules are seen in all except:

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