Rheumatology

1. ‘Pathergy’ is characteristic of:

2. The viscosity of synovial fluid in osteoarthritis is:

3. Exacerbations of SLE are produced by:

4. Polymyalgia rheumatica is not associated with:

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

6. Which of the following usually presents as monoarthropathy?

7. Jaccoud’s arthropathy is not characteristic of:

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

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

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

11. Metacarpophalangeal joints are usually not affected in:

12. Anti-Jo 1 antibody is diagnostic of:

13. Temporal arteritis is featured by all except:

14. Terminal interphalangeal joint is classically involved in:

15. Eosinophilic fasciitis is associated with all except:

16. Polyarthritis is the affection of more than:

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

18. Hypertrophic osteoarthropathy is least common in:

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

20. Drug-induced livedo reticularis is seen with:

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

22. Brucella arthritis commonly affects:

23. Which is a recognised pulmonary complication of SLE?

24. Hands of scleroderma may classically reveal all except:

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

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

27. Kawasaki disease is associated with:

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

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

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

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

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

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

34. Nodal osteoarthritis is common in:

35. HBsAg may be present in which vasculitis?

36. Rheumatoid arthritis is strongly associated with histocompatibility antigen?

37. Eosinophilic fasciitis does not give rise to:

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

39. Sickle cell anaemia may be complicated by all except:

40. ANA is positive in SLE in approximately:

41. Myopathy may develop from all except:

42. CREST syndrome is diagnosed by the presence of:

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

44. Example of autoimmune arthritis is:

45. Recurrent anterior uveitis is most characteristic of:

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

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

48. Infliximab is directed against:

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

50. The commonest presentation of cardiac lupus is: