Rheumatology

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

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

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

4. The most effective prophylaxis adopted in gout by:

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

6. Eosinophilic fasciitis does not give rise to:

7. Metacarpophalangeal joints are usually not affected in:

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

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

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

11. If a patient with scleroderma with Raynaud’s phenomenon immerses their hand in cold water, the hand will:

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

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

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

15. The commonest metabolic bone disease is:

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

17. Subcutaneous nodules are seen in all except:

18. Rheumatoid arthritis is strongly associated with histocompatibility antigen?

19. False-positive serological test (VDRL) persisting for 6 months is seen in all except:

20. Finkelstein’s test is positive in:

21. Inclusion body myositis is characterised by all except:

22. Seronegative arthropathy is not associated with:

23. Temporal arteritis is featured by all except:

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

25. All are characteristic features of DLE except:

26. Onion-skin spleen is classically seen in:

27. Jaccoud’s arthropathy is not characteristic of:

28. Lyme arthritis is:

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

30. Fibromyalgia is characterised by all except:

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

32. All of the following indicate poor prognosis in rheumatoid arthritis except:

33. Felty’s syndrome is not associated with:

34. Anti-Jo 1 antibody is diagnostic of:

35. Infliximab is directed against:

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

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

38. CREST syndrome is diagnosed by the presence of:

39. Reiter’s syndrome is not featured by:

40. Behcet’s syndrome is not associated with:

41. Hands of scleroderma may classically reveal all except:

42. Example of autoimmune arthritis is:

43. Calcinosis is featured by all except:

44. Dystrophic calcinosis is classically seen in:

45. Eosinophilic fasciitis is associated with all except:

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

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

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

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

50. Lupus nephritis is treated by all except: