Rheumatology

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

2. The commonest organism involved in osteomyelitis is:

3. All are characteristic features of DLE except:

4. Gout may be treated by all except:

5. Hands of scleroderma may classically reveal all except:

6. The commonest presentation of cardiac lupus is:

7. Drug-induced livedo reticularis is seen with:

8. Brucella arthritis commonly affects:

9. Rheumatoid nodules are characterised by all except:

10. The most effective prophylaxis adopted in gout by:

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

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

13. Rheumatoid factor in SLE is positive in:

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

15. Terminal interphalangeal joint is classically involved in:

16. Polymyalgia rheumatica is not associated with:

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

26. Infliximab is directed against:

27. Syndesmophytes are seen in all except:

28. Anti-Jo 1 antibody is diagnostic of:

29. Osteosclerosis of the spine may be seen in all except:

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

31. Which of the following is usually not a skin lesion of SLE?

32. CREST syndrome is diagnosed by the presence of:

33. Finkelstein’s test is positive in:

34. Reiter’s syndrome is not featured by:

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

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

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

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

39. Polyarthritis is the affection of more than:

40. Pseudogout may result from all except:

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

42. Which of the following conditions is not associated with carpal tunnel syndrome?

43. Calcinosis is featured by all except:

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

45. Fibromyalgia is characterised by all except:

46. Onion-skin spleen is classically seen in:

47. Heberden’s node is seen in:

48. Polyarteritis nodosa is not manifested by:

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

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