Rheumatology

1. ‘Pathergy’ is characteristic of:

2. All of the following produce mutilated fingers/toes except:

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

4. Finkelstein’s test is positive in:

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

6. 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:

7. Rheumatoid nodules are characterised by all except:

8. Which bacterium is not associated with reactive arthritis?

9. Jaccoud’s arthropathy is not characteristic of:

10. HBsAg may be present in which vasculitis?

11. Terminal interphalangeal joint is classically involved in:

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

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

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

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

16. Which of the following is recognised extra-articular manifestation of ankylosing spondylitis?

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

18. Metacarpophalangeal joints are usually not affected in:

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

20. Exacerbations of SLE are produced by:

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

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

23. Forrestier’s disease is associated with:

24. Behcet’s syndrome is not associated with:

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

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

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

28. Calcinosis is featured by all except:

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

30. Antitopoisomerase-1 virtually diagnoses:

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

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

33. Which of the following is the specific antibody for SLE?

34. Reiter’s syndrome is not featured by:

35. The commonest metabolic bone disease is:

36. Which of the following usually presents as monoarthropathy?

37. Oesophagus is most commonly involved by:

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

39. Felty’s syndrome is not associated with:

40. Brucella arthritis commonly affects:

41. Raynaud’s phenomenon may be treated by:

42. Eosinophilic fasciitis does not give rise to:

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

44. Heberden’s node is seen in:

45. Example of autoimmune arthritis is:

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

47. Drug-induced SLE is not commonly associated with:

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

49. Hyperostosis is seen in all except:

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