Rheumatology

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

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

3. Gout may be treated by all except:

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

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

6. Pseudogout may result from all except:

7. Hands of scleroderma may classically reveal all except:

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

9. CREST syndrome is diagnosed by the presence of:

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

11. Subcutaneous nodules are seen in all except:

12. Progressive systemic sclerosis (PSS) may develop in all except:

13. Hypertrophic osteoarthropathy is most commonly due to:

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

15. Oesophagus is most commonly involved by:

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

17. Polymyalgia rheumatica is not associated with:

18. Heberden’s node is seen in:

19. Jaccoud’s arthropathy is not characteristic of:

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

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

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

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

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

25. Antitopoisomerase-1 virtually diagnoses:

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

27. Clutton’s joint is characteristic of:

28. Churg-Strauss syndrome commonly manifests as:

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

30. Colchicine may be used in all except:

31. Polyarteritis nodosa is not manifested by:

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

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

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

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

36. Inclusion body myositis is characterised by all except:

37. Brucella arthritis commonly affects:

38. Still’s disease is classically associated with all except:

39. Reiter’s syndrome is not featured by:

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

41. Nodal osteoarthritis is common in:

42. The commonest metabolic bone disease is:

43. Which of the following is the specific antibody for SLE?

44. Hydroxychloroquine toxicity does not produce:

45. ANA is positive in SLE in approximately:

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

47. Hyperostosis is seen in all except:

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

49. Calcinosis is featured by all except:

50. Seronegative arthropathy is not associated with: