Rheumatology

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

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

3. Eosinophilic fasciitis does not give rise to:

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

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

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

7. Nodal osteoarthritis is common in:

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

9. Which type of collagen is abundant in bones?

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

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

12. CREST syndrome is diagnosed by the presence of:

13. Felty’s syndrome is not associated with:

14. Forrestier’s disease is associated with:

15. Exacerbations of SLE are produced by:

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

17. Angioneurotic oedema may be treated by:

18. Jaccoud’s arthropathy is not characteristic of:

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

20. ‘Arthritis mutilans’ is characteristic of:

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

22. Rheumatoid factor in SLE is positive in:

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

24. Which bacterium is not associated with reactive arthritis?

25. Hydroxychloroquine toxicity does not produce:

26. All are characteristic features of DLE except:

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

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

29. Lupus nephritis is treated by all except:

30. ANA is positive in SLE in approximately:

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

32. Hands of scleroderma may classically reveal all except:

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

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

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

36. Hyperostosis is seen in all except:

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

38. Metacarpophalangeal joints are usually not affected in:

39. The most effective prophylaxis adopted in gout by:

40. Polyarthritis is the affection of more than:

41. Finkelstein’s test is positive in:

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

43. Raynaud’s phenomenon is not a feature of:

44. Drug of choice for relieving pain in osteoarthritis is:

45. Heberden’s node is seen in:

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

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

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

49. Which of the following is usually not a skin lesion of SLE?

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