Rheumatology

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

2. Heberden’s node is seen in:

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

4. Hyperostosis is seen in all except:

5. Brucella arthritis commonly affects:

6. Eosinophilic fasciitis is associated with all except:

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

8. Rheumatoid nodules are characterised by all except:

9. Oesophagus is most commonly involved by:

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

11. The commonest metabolic bone disease is:

12. Anti-RNP antibody is diagnostic of:

13. Gout may be treated by all except:

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

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

16. Inclusion body myositis is characterised by all except:

17. The most effective prophylaxis adopted in gout by:

18. Hypertrophic osteoarthropathy is most commonly due to:

19. HBsAg may be present in which vasculitis?

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

21. Polymyalgia rheumatica is not associated with:

22. Angioneurotic oedema may be treated by:

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

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

25. Drug-induced livedo reticularis is seen with:

26. Calcinosis is featured by all except:

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

28. Rheumatoid factor in SLE is positive in:

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

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

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

32. Polyarteritis nodosa is not manifested by:

33. Churg-Strauss syndrome commonly manifests as:

34. Forrestier’s disease is associated with:

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

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

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

38. Eosinophilic fasciitis does not give rise to:

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

40. Metacarpophalangeal joints are usually not affected in:

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

42. Felty’s syndrome is not associated with:

43. Fibromyalgia is characterised by all except:

44. Clutton’s joint is characteristic of:

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

46. Behcet’s syndrome is not associated with:

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

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

49. Finkelstein’s test is positive in:

50. Colchicine may be used in all except: