Rheumatology

1. 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:

2. The commonest presentation of cardiac lupus is:

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

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

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

6. Inclusion body myositis is characterised by all except:

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

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

9. Lupus nephritis is treated by all except:

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

11. Myopathy may develop from all except:

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

13. Infliximab is directed against:

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

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

16. Fibromyalgia is characterised by all except:

17. Angioneurotic oedema may be treated by:

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

19. Recurrent anterior uveitis is most characteristic of:

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

21. Hereditary angioneurotic oedema is due to:

22. Finkelstein’s test is positive in:

23. Anti-RNP antibody is diagnostic of:

24. In rheumatoid arthritis, rheumatoid factor is formed against:

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

26. The commonest organism involved in osteomyelitis is:

27. Onion-skin spleen is classically seen in:

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

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

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

31. Pseudogout may result from all except:

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

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

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

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

36. Which of the following usually presents as monoarthropathy?

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

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

39. Clutton’s joint is characteristic of:

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

41. Raynaud’s phenomenon may be treated by:

42. Behcet’s syndrome is not associated with:

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

44. Hyperostosis is seen in all except:

45. Seronegative arthropathy is not associated with:

46. Felty’s syndrome is not associated with:

47. Drug-induced livedo reticularis is seen with:

48. The commonest metabolic bone disease is:

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

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