Rheumatology

1. Drug-induced livedo reticularis is seen with:

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

3. Polymyalgia rheumatica is not associated with:

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

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

6. Behcet’s syndrome is not associated with:

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

8. The most effective prophylaxis adopted in gout by:

9. Temporal arteritis is featured by all except:

10. Paget’s disease is not manifested by:

11. All are characteristic features of DLE except:

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

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

14. ‘Pathergy’ is characteristic of:

15. Lyme arthritis is:

16. Which bacterium is not associated with reactive arthritis?

17. Example of autoimmune arthritis is:

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

19. Which of the following usually presents as monoarthropathy?

20. CREST syndrome is diagnosed by the presence of:

21. Onion-skin spleen is classically seen in:

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

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

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

25. Subcutaneous nodules are seen in all except:

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

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

28. The commonest organism involved in osteomyelitis is:

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

30. Finkelstein’s test is positive in:

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

32. Clutton’s joint is characteristic of:

33. Hyperostosis is seen in all except:

34. Churg-Strauss syndrome commonly manifests as:

35. False-positive serological test (VDRL) persisting for 6 months is seen in all except:

36. ‘Arthritis mutilans’ is characteristic of:

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

38. Angioneurotic oedema may be treated by:

39. Fibromyalgia is characterised by all except:

40. Gout may be treated by all except:

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

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

43. Antitopoisomerase-1 virtually diagnoses:

44. Recurrent anterior uveitis is most characteristic of:

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

46. Which is a recognised pulmonary complication of SLE?

47. Metacarpophalangeal joints are usually not affected in:

48. Syndesmophytes are seen in all except:

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

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