Rheumatology

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

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

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

4. Hyperostosis is seen in all except:

5. Rheumatoid factor in SLE is positive in:

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

7. The commonest presentation of cardiac lupus is:

8. Polymyalgia rheumatica is not associated with:

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

10. Eosinophilic fasciitis does not give rise to:

11. Kawasaki disease is associated with:

12. Example of autoimmune arthritis is:

13. Which of the following is not a recognised complication of SLE?

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

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

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

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

18. Which is true regarding synovial fluid analysis in osteoarthritis?

19. ANA is positive in SLE in approximately:

20. Hereditary angioneurotic oedema is due to:

21. Dystrophic calcinosis is classically seen in:

22. Behcet’s syndrome is not associated with:

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

24. ‘Pathergy’ is characteristic of:

25. Polyarthritis is the affection of more than:

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

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

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

29. Anti-cytokine therapy is usually not associated with:

30. Lupus nephritis is treated by all except:

31. ‘Arthritis mutilans’ is characteristic of:

32. Drug-induced livedo reticularis is seen with:

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

34. Inclusion body myositis is characterised by all except:

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

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

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

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

39. Rheumatoid nodules are characterised by all except:

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

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

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

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

44. Metacarpophalangeal joints are usually not affected in:

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

46. All are characteristic features of DLE except:

47. Syndesmophytes are seen in all except:

48. Hands of scleroderma may classically reveal all except:

49. Raynaud’s phenomenon may be treated by:

50. Hypertrophic osteoarthropathy is least common in: