Rheumatology

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

2. Recurrent anterior uveitis is most characteristic of:

3. Hyperostosis is seen in all except:

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

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

6. Rheumatoid arthritis is strongly associated with histocompatibility antigen?

7. Eosinophilic fasciitis does not give rise to:

8. Antitopoisomerase-1 virtually diagnoses:

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

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

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

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

13. Raynaud’s phenomenon may be treated by:

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

15. Terminal interphalangeal joint is classically involved in:

16. Anti-Jo 1 antibody is diagnostic of:

17. Behcet’s syndrome is not associated with:

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

19. Example of autoimmune arthritis is:

20. Hypertrophic osteoarthropathy is least common in:

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

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

23. HBsAg may be present in which vasculitis?

24. Reiter’s syndrome is not featured by:

25. The commonest organism involved in osteomyelitis is:

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

27. Colchicine may be used in all except:

28. Subcutaneous nodules are seen in all except:

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

30. Brucella arthritis commonly affects:

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

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

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

34. Finkelstein’s test is positive in:

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

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

37. Seronegative arthropathy is not associated with:

38. Hereditary angioneurotic oedema is due to:

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

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

41. Which is a recognised pulmonary complication of SLE?

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

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

44. ANA is positive in SLE in approximately:

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

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

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

48. Infliximab is directed against:

49. Kawasaki disease is associated with:

50. Lupus nephritis is treated by all except: