Rheumatology

1. Which bacterium is not associated with reactive arthritis?

2. Reiter’s syndrome is not featured by:

3. Exacerbations of SLE are produced by:

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

5. Myopathy may develop from all except:

6. The commonest organism involved in osteomyelitis is:

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

8. Hyperostosis is seen in all except:

9. Inclusion body myositis is characterised by all except:

10. Angioneurotic oedema may be treated by:

11. Heberden’s node is seen in:

12. Anti-Jo 1 antibody is diagnostic of:

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

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

15. Pseudogout may result from all except:

16. Which of the following is usually not a skin lesion of SLE?

17. Churg-Strauss syndrome commonly manifests as:

18. Antitopoisomerase-1 virtually diagnoses:

19. ‘Arthritis mutilans’ is characteristic of:

20. Still’s disease does not give rise to:

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

22. Onion-skin spleen is classically seen in:

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

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

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

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

27. Dystrophic calcinosis is classically seen in:

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

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

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

31. Nodal osteoarthritis is common in:

32. Hypertrophic osteoarthropathy is least common in:

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

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

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

36. CREST syndrome is diagnosed by the presence of:

37. Forrestier’s disease is associated with:

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

39. The viscosity of synovial fluid in osteoarthritis is:

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

41. Seronegative arthropathy is not associated with:

42. Sjogren’s syndrome may be associated with all except:

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

44. Polyarteritis nodosa is not manifested by:

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

46. Hereditary angioneurotic oedema is due to:

47. The most effective prophylaxis adopted in gout by:

48. Metacarpophalangeal joints are usually not affected in:

49. Lyme arthritis is:

50. Polymyalgia rheumatica is not associated with: