Rheumatology

1. Lupus nephritis is treated by all except:

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

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

4. Rheumatoid factor in SLE is positive in:

5. Paget’s disease is not manifested by:

6. Kawasaki disease is associated with:

7. Clutton’s joint is characteristic of:

8. Hyperostosis is seen in all except:

9. All are characteristic features of DLE except:

10. Felty’s syndrome is not associated with:

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

12. Gout may be treated by all except:

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

14. Which bacterium is not associated with reactive arthritis?

15. Onion-skin spleen is classically seen in:

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

17. Hydroxychloroquine toxicity does not produce:

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

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

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

21. Rheumatoid arthritis is strongly associated with histocompatibility antigen?

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

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

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

25. Behcet’s syndrome is not associated with:

26. Which is a recognised pulmonary complication of SLE?

27. Nodal osteoarthritis is common in:

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

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

30. Sjogren’s syndrome may be associated with all except:

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

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

33. Polyarthritis is the affection of more than:

34. The commonest organism involved in osteomyelitis is:

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

36. CREST syndrome is diagnosed by the presence of:

37. Jaccoud’s arthropathy is not characteristic of:

38. Colchicine may be used in all except:

39. Anti-RNP antibody is diagnostic of:

40. Drug-induced livedo reticularis is seen with:

41. Raynaud’s phenomenon may be treated by:

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

43. The most effective prophylaxis adopted in gout by:

44. Myopathy may develop from all except:

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

46. 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:

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

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

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

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