Rheumatology

1. Brucella arthritis commonly affects:

2. Temporal arteritis is featured by all except:

3. Which of the following is not a disease-modifying antirheumatic drug (DMARD)?

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

5. Seronegative arthropathy is not associated with:

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

7. Calcinosis is featured by all except:

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

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

10. Hands of scleroderma may classically reveal all except:

11. Pseudogout may result from all except:

12. Churg-Strauss syndrome commonly manifests as:

13. Anti-Jo 1 antibody is diagnostic of:

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

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

16. Polymyalgia rheumatica is not associated with:

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

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

19. Inclusion body myositis is characterised by all except:

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

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

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

23. Rheumatoid nodules are characterised by all except:

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

25. Colchicine may be used in all except:

26. Polyarthritis is the affection of more than:

27. Which type of collagen is abundant in bones?

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

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

30. Fibromyalgia is characterised by all except:

31. All are characteristic features of DLE except:

32. Raynaud’s phenomenon may be treated by:

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

34. Lupus nephritis is treated by all except:

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

36. Rheumatoid arthritis is strongly associated with histocompatibility antigen?

37. Forrestier’s disease is associated with:

38. Terminal interphalangeal joint is classically involved in:

39. Kawasaki disease is associated with:

40. ‘Arthritis mutilans’ is characteristic of:

41. Eosinophilic fasciitis does not give rise to:

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

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

44. Heberden’s node is seen in:

45. Which organ involvement is not included within the classic triad of Wegener’s granulomatosis?

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

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

48. Metacarpophalangeal joints are usually not affected in:

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

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