Rheumatology

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

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

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

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

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

6. Rheumatoid nodules are characterised by all except:

7. Brucella arthritis commonly affects:

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

9. Dystrophic calcinosis is classically seen in:

10. ANF is not found in SLE when there is:

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

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

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

14. The most effective prophylaxis adopted in gout by:

15. Jaccoud’s arthropathy is not characteristic of:

16. Fibromyalgia is characterised by all except:

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

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

19. Temporal arteritis is featured by all except:

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

21. ‘Arthritis mutilans’ is characteristic of:

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

23. Terminal interphalangeal joint is classically involved in:

24. The commonest organism involved in osteomyelitis is:

25. Gout may be treated by all except:

26. Colchicine may be used in all except:

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

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

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

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

31. Rheumatoid factor in SLE is positive in:

32. Eosinophilic fasciitis does not give rise to:

33. Exacerbations of SLE are produced by:

34. All are true regarding causes of Dupuytren’s contracture except:

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

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

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

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

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

40. Anti-RNP antibody is diagnostic of:

41. Oesophagus is most commonly involved by:

42. HBsAg may be present in which vasculitis?

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

44. Inclusion body myositis is characterised by all except:

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

46. Which of the following usually presents as monoarthropathy?

47. Behcet’s syndrome is not associated with:

48. Recurrent anterior uveitis is most characteristic of:

49. 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:

50. Polyarthritis is the affection of more than: