Rheumatology

1. Pseudogout may result from all except:

2. All are characteristic features of DLE except:

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

4. Rheumatoid factor in SLE is positive in:

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

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

7. Hereditary angioneurotic oedema is due to:

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

9. CREST syndrome is diagnosed by the presence of:

10. Paget’s disease is not manifested by:

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

12. Exacerbations of SLE are produced by:

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

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

15. Drug-induced livedo reticularis is seen with:

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

17. ANA is positive in SLE in approximately:

18. Anti-RNP antibody is diagnostic of:

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

20. Which of the following is not an extra-articular manifestation of ankylosing spondylitis?

21. Highest incidence of rheumatoid factor (RF) is found in:

22. Felty’s syndrome is not associated with:

23. Which bacterium is not associated with reactive arthritis?

24. Eosinophilic fasciitis is associated with all except:

25. Antitopoisomerase-1 virtually diagnoses:

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

27. Colchicine may be used in all except:

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

29. A 20-year woman has repeated attacks of myalgia, non-deforming arthralgia, pericarditis and pleural effusion for two years. The laboratory screening test should be:

30. Which of the following is not a disease-modifying antirheumatic drug (DMARD)?

31. Dystrophic calcinosis is classically seen in:

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

33. The viscosity of synovial fluid in osteoarthritis is:

34. Infliximab is directed against:

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

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

37. Polyarthritis is the affection of more than:

38. Angioneurotic oedema may be treated by:

39. Churg-Strauss syndrome commonly manifests as:

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

41. The most effective prophylaxis adopted in gout by:

42. Heberden’s node is seen in:

43. Eosinophilic fasciitis does not give rise to:

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

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

46. Which of the following usually presents as monoarthropathy?

47. Oesophagus is most commonly involved by:

48. Temporal arteritis is featured by all except:

49. Hands of scleroderma may classically reveal all except:

50. Subcutaneous nodules are seen in all except: