Rheumatology

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

2. All are characteristic features of DLE except:

3. Which is a recognised pulmonary complication of SLE?

4. 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:

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

6. Rheumatoid nodules are characterised by all except:

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

8. Lupus nephritis is treated by all except:

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

10. Antitopoisomerase-1 virtually diagnoses:

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

12. Oesophagus is most commonly involved by:

13. Recurrent anterior uveitis is most characteristic of:

14. ‘Arthritis mutilans’ is characteristic of:

15. Inclusion body myositis is characterised by all except:

16. Which type of collagen is abundant in bones?

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

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

19. ‘Pathergy’ is characteristic of:

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

21. Drug-induced livedo reticularis is seen with:

22. Heberden’s node is seen in:

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

24. Nodal osteoarthritis is common in:

25. Temporal arteritis is featured by all except:

26. The commonest organism involved in osteomyelitis is:

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

28. Brucella arthritis commonly affects:

29. Terminal interphalangeal joint is classically involved in:

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

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

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

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

34. Polyarteritis nodosa is not manifested by:

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

36. Hyperostosis is seen in all except:

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

44. Scleroderma-like lesion may be produced by all except:

45. Subcutaneous nodules are seen in all except:

46. The most effective prophylaxis adopted in gout by:

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

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

49. Jaccoud’s arthropathy is not characteristic of:

50. Pseudogout may result from all except: