Rheumatology

1. Lyme arthritis is:

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

3. The commonest organism involved in osteomyelitis is:

4. HLA B-27 is usually detected in all except:

5. Paget’s disease is not manifested by:

6. The viscosity of synovial fluid in osteoarthritis is:

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

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

9. Which type of collagen is abundant in bones?

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

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

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

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

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

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

16. ANA is positive in SLE in approximately:

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

18. Heberden’s node is seen in:

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

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

21. Hypertrophic osteoarthropathy is most commonly due to:

22. Myopathy may develop from all except:

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

24. Rheumatoid nodules are characterised by all except:

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

26. Exacerbations of SLE are produced by:

27. Polyarteritis nodosa is not manifested by:

28. Drug-induced livedo reticularis is seen with:

29. Hyperostosis is seen in all except:

30. Seronegative arthropathy is not associated with:

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

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

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

34. Eosinophilic fasciitis does not give rise to:

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

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

37. Felty’s syndrome is not associated with:

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

39. Pseudogout may result from all except:

40. The commonest presentation of cardiac lupus is:

41. Oesophagus is most commonly involved by:

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

43. Calcinosis is featured by all except:

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

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

46. Eosinophilic fasciitis is associated with all except:

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

48. Hereditary angioneurotic oedema is due to:

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

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