Rheumatology

1. Seronegative arthropathy is not associated with:

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

3. Drug-induced livedo reticularis is seen with:

4. ‘Pathergy’ is characteristic of:

5. Lyme arthritis is:

6. Brucella arthritis commonly affects:

7. Hydroxychloroquine toxicity does not produce:

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

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

10. Polyarthritis is the affection of more than:

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

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

13. Eosinophilic fasciitis does not give rise to:

14. Rheumatoid factor in SLE is positive in:

15. Which of the following is not a side effect of penicillamine?

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

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

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

19. The most effective prophylaxis adopted in gout by:

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

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

22. The commonest presentation of cardiac lupus is:

23. Antitopoisomerase-1 virtually diagnoses:

24. Hyperostosis may be a complication of systemic therapy with:

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

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

27. Onion-skin spleen is classically seen in:

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

29. Colchicine may be used in all except:

30. The commonest organism involved in osteomyelitis is:

31. Hands of scleroderma may classically reveal all except:

32. Churg-Strauss syndrome commonly manifests as:

33. Angioneurotic oedema may be treated by:

34. Hypertrophic osteoarthropathy is most commonly due to:

35. Subcutaneous nodules are seen in all except:

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

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

38. Eosinophilic fasciitis is associated with all except:

39. Kawasaki disease is associated with:

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

41. Nodal osteoarthritis is common in:

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

43. Still’s disease is classically associated with all except:

44. Example of autoimmune arthritis is:

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

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

47. All are characteristic features of DLE except:

48. Recurrent anterior uveitis is most characteristic of:

49. Which type of collagen is abundant in bones?

50. Myopathy may develop from all except: