Hampton's hump- pulmonary embolism

All of the following are found in Primary Sjogren syndrome except:

a. Lymphoma.
b. Connective Tissue disorder.
c. Xerostomia.
d. Xeropthalmia.

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Sicca syndrome is associated with all except:

a. Midline granuloma.
b. Chronic active hepatitis.
c. Rheumatoid arthritis.
d. Scleroderma.


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Indications for steroids in SLE are all except:

a. Myocarditis.
b. Endocarditis.
c. Thrombocytopenia.
d. Neuropsychiatric symptoms.


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In which of the following arthritis, erosions are not seen:

a. Rheumatoid Arthritis.
b. Psoriasis.
c. SLE.
d. Gout.



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Autoimmune destruction of platelets is seen in:

a. SLE.
b. Rheumatoid Arthritis.
c. Reiter disease.
d. Polyarteritis nodosa.



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Antibody found in myositis is

1. Anti Jo1
2. Anti scl 70
3. Anti Sm
4. Anti Ku
   
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Anticentromere antibodies are most commonly associated with:

a. Diffuse cutaneous systemic sclerosis.
b. Mixed CT disease.
c. CREST syndrome.
d. Polymyositis.

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All the following diseases are associated with HLA B 27 and uveitits, except:

a. Behcet's syndrome.
b. Psoriasis.
c. Ankylosing spondylitis.
d. Reiter's syndrome.




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In case of gout, preservation of urine sample is done in :

a. Normal saline.
b. Formalin.
c. Alcohol.

d. Distilled water.




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PIP, DIP & 1st MCP joint involvement and sparing of wrist is a feature of:

1. Rheumatoid arthritis
2. Pseudogout
3. Psoriatic arthropathy
4. Osteoarthritis.

A 35 year old male develops involvements of PIP, DIP and MCP joints with sparing of wrist and carpometacarpal joints. The probable diagnosis is:

1. Psoriatic arthropathy.
2. Osteoarthritis.
3. Rheumatoid arthritis.
4. Pseudo gout.

Hemophilia with rheumatoid arthritis, analgesic of choice:

1. Ibuprofen.
2. Aspirin.
3. Acetaminophen.
4. Phenylbutazone.

The following are rheumatoid disease modifying drugs except:

1. Chloroquine.
2. Gold.
3. Penicillamine.
4. BAL.

Disease-modifying_antirheumatic_drug

A 45 year old coal mine worker presents with cutaneous nodules, joint pain and occasional cough with dyspnea. His chest radiograph shows multiple, small nodules in bilateral lung fields. Some of the nodules show cavitation and specks of calcification. Most likely these features are diagnostic of:

1. Sjogren's syndrome
2. Caplan's syndrome
3. Silicosis
4. Wegener's granulomatosis.

Type of anemia seen in Rheumatoid arthritis is :

a. Microcytic hypochromic

b. Macrocytic hypochromic

c. Normocytic hypochromic

d. Normocytic normochromic.

False positive rheumatoid factor can be associated with all except:

1. Inflammatory bowel disease.
2. HbsAg
3. VDRL
4. Coombs test.

Which of the following is true regarding Rheumatoid arthritis?

1. Typically involves small and large joints symmetrically but spares the cervical spine.
2. Causes pleural effusion with low sugar.
3. Pulmonary nodules are absent.
4. Enthesopathy prominent.