Rheumatology

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

2. Rheumatoid nodules are characterised by all except:

3. Recurrent anterior uveitis is most characteristic of:

4. Kawasaki disease is associated with:

5. Paget’s disease is not manifested by:

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

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

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

9. Which type of collagen is abundant in bones?

10. Terminal interphalangeal joint is classically involved in:

11. Hereditary angioneurotic oedema is due to:

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

13. Behcet’s syndrome is not associated with:

14. Polyarteritis nodosa is not manifested by:

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

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

17. Clutton’s joint is characteristic of:

18. Fibromyalgia is characterised by all except:

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

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

21. 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:

22. ‘Pathergy’ is characteristic of:

23. Anti-cytokine therapy is usually not associated with:

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

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

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

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

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

29. Polymyalgia rheumatica is not associated with:

30. Heberden’s node is seen in:

31. Anti-Jo 1 antibody is diagnostic of:

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

33. Lupus nephritis is treated by all except:

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

35. Felty’s syndrome is not associated with:

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

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

38. Rheumatoid factor in SLE is positive in:

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

40. ANA is positive in SLE in approximately:

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

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

43. ‘Arthritis mutilans’ is characteristic of:

44. Seronegative arthropathy is not associated with:

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

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

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

48. The most effective prophylaxis adopted in gout by:

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

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