Rheumatology

1. Polyarteritis nodosa is not manifested by:

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

3. The commonest presentation of cardiac lupus is:

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

5. Eosinophilic fasciitis does not give rise to:

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

7. Clutton’s joint is characteristic of:

8. All are characteristic features of DLE except:

9. Rheumatoid factor in SLE is positive in:

10. Hereditary angioneurotic oedema is due to:

11. Sickle cell anaemia may be complicated by all except:

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

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

14. Myopathy may develop from all except:

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

16. Fibromyalgia is characterised by all except:

17. Infliximab is directed against:

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

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

20. Nodal osteoarthritis is common in:

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

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

23. Anti-RNP antibody is diagnostic of:

24. Recurrent anterior uveitis is most characteristic of:

25. Seronegative arthropathy is not associated with:

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

27. Kawasaki disease is associated with:

28. CREST syndrome is an aggregation of calcinosis, Raynaud’s phenomenon, sclerodactyly, telangiectasia and __?

29. The most effective prophylaxis adopted in gout by:

30. Pseudogout may result from all except:

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

32. Rheumatoid nodules are characterised by all except:

33. Rose-Waaler test (RF) is positive in rheumatoid arthritis in:

34. Which type of collagen is abundant in bones?

35. The viscosity of synovial fluid in osteoarthritis is:

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

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

38. Hyperostosis is seen in all except:

39. Churg-Strauss syndrome commonly manifests as:

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

41. ‘Arthritis mutilans’ is characteristic of:

42. Terminal interphalangeal joint is classically involved in:

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

44. Calcinosis is featured by all except:

45. Brucella arthritis commonly affects:

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

47. Example of autoimmune arthritis is:

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

49. Metacarpophalangeal joints are usually not affected in:

50. Hands of scleroderma may classically reveal all except: