Rheumatology

1. Rheumatoid factor in SLE is positive in:

2. Dystrophic calcinosis is classically seen in:

3. ‘Pathergy’ is characteristic of:

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

5. Kawasaki disease is associated with:

6. Which of the following is the specific antibody for SLE?

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

8. The viscosity of synovial fluid in osteoarthritis is:

9. ‘Arthritis mutilans’ is characteristic of:

10. Polyarthritis is the affection of more than:

11. Infliximab is directed against:

12. Drug-induced livedo reticularis is seen with:

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

14. Fibromyalgia is characterised by all except:

15. Polyarteritis nodosa is not manifested by:

16. Terminal interphalangeal joint is classically involved in:

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

18. Exacerbations of SLE are produced by:

19. Gout may be treated by all except:

20. Nodal osteoarthritis is common in:

21. All are characteristic features of DLE except:

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

23. Clutton’s joint is characteristic of:

24. Reiter’s syndrome is not featured by:

25. Rheumatoid arthritis is strongly associated with histocompatibility antigen?

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

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

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

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

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

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

32. Recurrent anterior uveitis is most characteristic of:

33. Hands of scleroderma may classically reveal all except:

34. Inclusion body myositis is characterised by all except:

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

36. Behcet’s syndrome is not associated with:

37. Temporal arteritis is featured by all except:

38. The most effective prophylaxis adopted in gout by:

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

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

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

42. Example of autoimmune arthritis is:

43. Subcutaneous nodules are seen in all except:

44. Forrestier’s disease is associated with:

45. Felty’s syndrome is not associated with:

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

47. The commonest metabolic bone disease is:

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

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

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