Rheumatology

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

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

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

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

5. Churg-Strauss syndrome commonly manifests as:

6. HBsAg may be present in which vasculitis?

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

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

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

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

11. Polyarthritis is the affection of more than:

12. The viscosity of synovial fluid in osteoarthritis is:

13. Lyme arthritis is:

14. Nodal osteoarthritis is common in:

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

16. Exacerbations of SLE are produced by:

17. Kawasaki disease is associated with:

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

19. Syndesmophytes are seen in all except:

20. Behcet’s syndrome is not associated with:

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

22. Forrestier’s disease is associated with:

23. Hands of scleroderma may classically reveal all except:

24. Anti-Jo 1 antibody is diagnostic of:

25. Gout may be treated by all except:

26. All are characteristic features of DLE except:

27. Temporal arteritis is featured by all except:

28. 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:

29. Pseudogout may result from all except:

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

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

32. Raynaud’s phenomenon may be treated by:

33. Paget’s disease is not manifested by:

34. Which organ involvement is not included within the classic triad of Wegener’s granulomatosis?

35. Clutton’s joint is characteristic of:

36. Hereditary angioneurotic oedema is due to:

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

38. Jaccoud’s arthropathy is not characteristic of:

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

40. Recurrent anterior uveitis is most characteristic of:

41. Calcinosis is featured by all except:

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

43. Lupus nephritis is treated by all except:

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

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

46. Which of the following is not a disease-modifying antirheumatic drug (DMARD)?

47. ANA is positive in SLE in approximately:

48. Which of the following is commonly involved in Paget’s disease?

49. Which bacterium is not associated with reactive arthritis?

50. ‘Pathergy’ is characteristic of: