Rheumatology

1. Anti-Jo 1 antibody is diagnostic of:

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

3. Hereditary angioneurotic oedema is due to:

4. Fibromyalgia is characterised by all except:

5. Behcet’s syndrome is not associated with:

6. Scleroderma-like lesion may be produced by all except:

7. ‘Arthritis mutilans’ is characteristic of:

8. The most effective prophylaxis adopted in gout by:

9. Hypertrophic osteoarthropathy is least common in:

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

11. Clutton’s joint is characteristic of:

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

13. The commonest metabolic bone disease is:

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

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

16. All of the following produce mutilated fingers/toes except:

17. Gout may be treated by all except:

18. CREST syndrome is diagnosed by the presence of:

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

20. Raynaud’s phenomenon may be treated by:

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

22. Lupus nephritis is treated by all except:

23. Seronegative arthropathy is not associated with:

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

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

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

27. c-ANCA (antinuclear cytoplasmic antibody) is diagnostic of:

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

29. Recurrent anterior uveitis is most characteristic of:

30. Reiter’s syndrome is not featured by:

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

32. Eosinophilic fasciitis does not give rise to:

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

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

35. Metacarpophalangeal joints are usually not affected in:

36. Terminal interphalangeal joint is classically involved in:

37. Which is a recognised pulmonary complication of SLE?

38. The viscosity of synovial fluid in osteoarthritis is:

39. Which is true regarding synovial fluid analysis in osteoarthritis?

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

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

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

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

44. Which bacterium is not associated with reactive arthritis?

45. Onion-skin spleen is classically seen in:

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

47. Finkelstein’s test is positive in:

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

49. Hydroxychloroquine toxicity does not produce:

50. The commonest presentation of cardiac lupus is: