Rheumatology

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

2. Polymyalgia rheumatica is not associated with:

3. Example of autoimmune arthritis is:

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

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

6. Hereditary angioneurotic oedema is due to:

7. Raynaud’s phenomenon may be treated by:

8. Fibromyalgia is characterised by all except:

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

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

11. Exacerbations of SLE are produced by:

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

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

14. Hands of scleroderma may classically reveal all except:

15. Churg-Strauss syndrome commonly manifests as:

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

17. Terminal interphalangeal joint is classically involved in:

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

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

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

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

22. Regarding drug-induced SLE, which is false?

23. Gout may be treated by all except:

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

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

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

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

28. HBsAg may be present in which vasculitis?

29. Rheumatoid nodules are characterised by all except:

30. Multiple myeloma is associated with all of the following except:

31. Hyperostosis is seen in all except:

32. Hypertrophic osteoarthropathy is least common in:

33. 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:

34. Angioneurotic oedema may be treated by:

35. Pseudogout may result from all except:

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

37. Lyme arthritis is:

38. Temporal arteritis is featured by all except:

39. Polyarteritis nodosa is not manifested by:

40. CREST syndrome is diagnosed by the presence of:

41. The most effective prophylaxis adopted in gout by:

42. Polyarthritis is the affection of more than:

43. Metacarpophalangeal joints are usually not affected in:

44. Which of the following usually presents as monoarthropathy?

45. Oesophagus is most commonly involved by:

46. All of the following indicate poor prognosis in rheumatoid arthritis except:

47. Onion-skin spleen is classically seen in:

48. Hypertrophic osteoarthropathy is most commonly due to:

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

50. Recurrent anterior uveitis is most characteristic of: