Rheumatology

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

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

3. ‘Arthritis mutilans’ is characteristic of:

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

5. Rheumatoid arthritis is strongly associated with histocompatibility antigen?

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

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

8. Gout may be treated by all except:

9. Reiter’s syndrome is not featured by:

10. Anti-Jo 1 antibody is diagnostic of:

11. Finkelstein’s test is positive in:

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

13. Jaccoud’s arthropathy is not characteristic of:

14. Calcinosis is featured by all except:

15. Clutton’s joint is characteristic of:

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

17. Infliximab is directed against:

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

19. Eosinophilic fasciitis does not give rise to:

20. ANA is positive in SLE in approximately:

21. Dystrophic calcinosis is classically seen in:

22. Temporal arteritis is featured by all except:

23. Kawasaki disease is associated with:

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

25. Terminal interphalangeal joint is classically involved in:

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

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

28. Angioneurotic oedema may be treated by:

29. Recurrent anterior uveitis is most characteristic of:

30. Subcutaneous nodules are seen in all except:

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

32. The commonest metabolic bone disease is:

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

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

35. Paget’s disease is not manifested by:

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

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

38. Metacarpophalangeal joints are usually not affected in:

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

40. If a patient with scleroderma with Raynaud’s phenomenon immerses their hand in cold water, the hand will:

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

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

43. Which is a recognised pulmonary complication of SLE?

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

45. Eosinophilic fasciitis is associated with all except:

46. Forrestier’s disease is associated with:

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

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

49. Behcet’s syndrome is not associated with:

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