Rheumatology

1. 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:

2. Inclusion body myositis is characterised by all except:

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

4. The viscosity of synovial fluid in osteoarthritis is:

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

6. Kawasaki disease is associated with:

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

8. Recurrent anterior uveitis is most characteristic of:

9. Which bacterium is not associated with reactive arthritis?

10. Heberden’s node is seen in:

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

12. Felty’s syndrome is not associated with:

13. Hydroxychloroquine toxicity does not produce:

14. Syndesmophytes are seen in all except:

15. Anti-RNP antibody is diagnostic of:

16. Example of autoimmune arthritis is:

17. Churg-Strauss syndrome commonly manifests as:

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

19. Rheumatoid factor in SLE is positive in:

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

21. Hypertrophic osteoarthropathy is most commonly due to:

22. Dystrophic calcinosis is classically seen in:

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

24. Hypertrophic osteoarthropathy is least common in:

25. Infliximab is directed against:

26. Which is not used to treat acute gouty arthritis?

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

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

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

30. Which is a recognised pulmonary complication of SLE?

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

32. The commonest presentation of cardiac lupus is:

33. Paget’s disease is not manifested by:

34. The most effective prophylaxis adopted in gout by:

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

36. Polyarteritis nodosa is not manifested by:

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

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

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

40. Gout may be treated by all except:

41. Lyme arthritis is:

42. Lupus nephritis is treated by all except:

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

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

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

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

47. Penicillamine and colchicine both are used in the treatment of:

48. Myopathy may develop from all except:

49. Rheumatoid nodules are characterised by all except:

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