Rheumatology

1. Infliximab is directed against:

2. Progressive systemic sclerosis (PSS) may develop in all except:

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

4. Which of the following is not associated with active SLE?

5. Churg-Strauss syndrome commonly manifests as:

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

7. Dystrophic calcinosis is classically seen in:

8. Clutton’s joint is characteristic of:

9. Temporal arteritis is featured by all except:

10. Hypertrophic osteoarthropathy is least common in:

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

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

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

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

15. Anti-cytokine therapy is usually not associated with:

16. Finkelstein’s test is positive in:

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

18. Myopathy may develop from all except:

19. Colchicine may be used in all except:

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

21. Pseudogout may result from all except:

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

23. Hypertrophic osteoarthropathy is most commonly due to:

24. HLA-B27 tissue typing is not associated with:

25. CREST syndrome is diagnosed by the presence of:

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

27. Drug-induced livedo reticularis is seen with:

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

29. Angioneurotic oedema may be treated by:

30. ANA is positive in SLE in approximately:

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

32. Which type of collagen is abundant in bones?

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

34. Seronegative arthropathy is not associated with:

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

36. Anti-Jo 1 antibody is diagnostic of:

37. Lupus nephritis is treated by all except:

38. Polymyalgia rheumatica is not associated with:

39. Brucella arthritis commonly affects:

40. Rheumatoid arthritis is strongly associated with histocompatibility antigen?

41. Eosinophilic fasciitis does not give rise to:

42. 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:

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

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

45. Scleroderma-like lesion may be produced by all except:

46. Jaccoud’s arthropathy is not characteristic of:

47. The most effective prophylaxis adopted in gout by:

48. Subcutaneous nodules are seen in all except:

49. Inclusion body myositis is characterised by all except:

50. Heberden’s node is seen in: