Rheumatology

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

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

3. Onion-skin spleen is classically seen in:

4. Felty’s syndrome is not associated with:

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

6. Inclusion body myositis is characterised by all except:

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

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

9. Rheumatoid arthritis is strongly associated with histocompatibility antigen?

10. Antitopoisomerase-1 virtually diagnoses:

11. Mask-like face is seen in all except:

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

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

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

15. ‘Arthritis mutilans’ is characteristic of:

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

17. Terminal interphalangeal joint is classically involved in:

18. Seronegative arthropathy is not associated with:

19. Hyperostosis is seen in all except:

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

21. ‘Pathergy’ is characteristic of:

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

23. CREST syndrome is diagnosed by the presence of:

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

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

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

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

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

29. Avascular necrosis of bone is a recognised association in all except:

30. Syndesmophytes are seen in all except:

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

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

33. Which bacterium is not associated with reactive arthritis?

34. Rheumatoid factor in SLE is positive in:

35. Finkelstein’s test is positive in:

36. Lyme arthritis is:

37. Which of the following usually presents as monoarthropathy?

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

39. Still’s disease is classically associated with all except:

40. The commonest presentation of cardiac lupus is:

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

42. Cytoid (colloid) bodies in the retina are recognised finding in:

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

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

45. Myopathy may develop from all except:

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

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

48. The viscosity of synovial fluid in osteoarthritis is:

49. Heberden’s node is seen in:

50. Lupus nephritis is treated by all except: