Rheumatology

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

2. Polyarthritis is the affection of more than:

3. Which of the following is commonly involved in Paget’s disease?

4. Polyarteritis nodosa is not manifested by:

5. ‘Arthritis mutilans’ is characteristic of:

6. Onion-skin spleen is classically seen in:

7. Infliximab is directed against:

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

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

10. Which type of collagen is abundant in bones?

11. Rheumatoid arthritis is strongly associated with histocompatibility antigen?

12. Finkelstein’s test is positive in:

13. Drug-induced livedo reticularis is seen with:

14. Anti-Jo 1 antibody is diagnostic of:

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

16. Which of the following is the specific antibody for SLE?

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

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

19. Brucella arthritis commonly affects:

20. Kawasaki disease is associated with:

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

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

23. Jaccoud’s arthropathy is not characteristic of:

24. Which is a recognised pulmonary complication of SLE?

25. Subcutaneous nodules are seen in all except:

26. Colchicine may be used in all except:

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

28. Seronegative arthropathy is not associated with:

29. Anti-RNP antibody is diagnostic of:

30. Myopathy may develop from all except:

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

32. Rheumatoid factor in SLE is positive in:

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

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

35. Hypertrophic osteoarthropathy is least common in:

36. Nodal osteoarthritis is common in:

37. Angioneurotic oedema may be treated by:

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

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

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

41. The most effective prophylaxis adopted in gout by:

42. Raynaud’s phenomenon may be treated by:

43. Aseptic necrosis of bone is not a feature of:

44. The commonest presentation of cardiac lupus is:

45. In rheumatoid arthritis, rheumatoid factor is formed against:

46. The commonest organism involved in osteomyelitis is:

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

48. Temporal arteritis is featured by all except:

49. Fibromyalgia is characterised by all except:

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