Rheumatology

1. Anti-RNP antibody is diagnostic of:

2. Rheumatoid factor in SLE is positive in:

3. The most effective prophylaxis adopted in gout by:

4. Onion-skin spleen is classically seen in:

5. Churg-Strauss syndrome commonly manifests as:

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

7. Heberden’s node is seen in:

8. Eosinophilic fasciitis is associated with all except:

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

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

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

12. Brucella arthritis commonly affects:

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

14. Osteomalacia may be produced by therapy with all except:

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

16. The commonest presentation of cardiac lupus is:

17. Which type of collagen is abundant in bones?

18. Oesophagus is most commonly involved by:

19. ‘Arthritis mutilans’ is characteristic of:

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

21. Temporal arteritis is featured by all except:

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

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

24. Subcutaneous nodules are seen in all except:

25. Metacarpophalangeal joints are usually not affected in:

26. Rheumatoid arthritis is strongly associated with histocompatibility antigen?

27. Nodal osteoarthritis is common in:

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

29. The commonest metabolic bone disease is:

30. Which bacterium is not associated with reactive arthritis?

31. 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:

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

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

34. Gout may be treated by all except:

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

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

37. Anti-Jo 1 antibody is diagnostic of:

38. Hereditary angioneurotic oedema is due to:

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

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

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

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

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

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

45. Which of the following is not associated with active SLE?

46. Exacerbations of SLE are produced by:

47. Infliximab is directed against:

48. Behcet’s syndrome is not associated with:

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

50. Calcinosis is featured by all except: