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Q.1
All of the following statements are true regarding rheumatoid arthritis EXCEPT:
Accompanied by antibodies to IgG in serum
Associated with formation of destructive granulation tissue (pannus)
Demonstrates autosomal dominant pattern of inheritance
Occasionally accompanied by amyloidosis
Q.2
Sequestrum, suppurative inflammation and necrosis of bone characterize:
Osteosclerosis
Degenerative joint disease
Myositis ossificans
Osteosarcoma
Osteomyelitis
Q.3
Which of the following bone diseases is seen most frequently in younger patients?
Hyperparathyroidism
Osteoporosis
Paget's disease of bone
Osteosarcoma
Q.4
All of the following occur in osteoarthritis EXCEPT:
Osteophytosis
Cysts of bone
Heberden's nodes
Pannus
Temporomandibular joint involvement
Q.5
All of the following are features of degenerative joint disease EXCEPT:
Onset during fifth and sixth decades
Patients often overweight
Soft tissue subcutaneous nodules
Bony swellings (Heberden's nodes)
Usually affects knees, hips and spine
Q.6
Which of the following neoplasms is the most common in bone?
Osteoid osteoma
Osteosarcoma
Rhabdomyosarcoma
Giant cell tumor
Chondrosarcoma
Q.7
The arthritis seen in patients with Lyme disease:
Occurs in early stage
Is called Pott's disease
Commonly affects knee joints
Commonly affects shoulder joints
Precedes cardiac involvement
Q.8
Paget's disease is characterized by
Osteolytic phase
Osteogenic phase
Both
Neither
Q.9
All of the following may be seen in patients with osteitis deformans (Paget's disease) EXCEPT:
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Urinary hydroxyproline elevation
Bilateral maxilla abnormalities
Osteolysis circumscripta
X-linked pattern of inheritance
Polyostotic distribution
Q.10
Desmoid refers to a tumor of aponeuroses of muscles:
That is malignant
That appears malignant histologically
That appears benign histologically
That appears most frequently in men
Q.11
Giant cell lesions may be present in patients with:
Primary hyperparathyroidism
Secondary hyperparathyroidism
Giant cell granuloma
All of the above
Q.12
Microfractures, pain and pathologic fractures of long bones of older females are characteristic of:
Rickets
Osteomalacia
Osteosarcoma
Osteoporosis
Q.13
Monostotic fibrous dysplasia:
Occurs in young individuals
Is associated with cutaneous pigmentation
Is usually bilateral
Is a benign neoplasm
Q.14
Which of the following causes osteitis fibrosa cystica?
Osteoporosis
Parathyroid adenoma
Carcinomatosis
Osteosarcoma
Q.15
Hyperparathyroidism is associated with:
Hypercementosis
Hypercalcemia
Exaggeration of osteoid seams
Hemangiomatosis
Subchondral bone cysts
Q.16
In rheumatoid arthritis, Allison-Ghormley bodies refer to:
Deposits of fibrin in the synovial cavity
Lymphoid tissue follicles identified in the synovium
Proliferating synovial villi
Nodular skin lesions
Antibody-antigen immunologic complexes
Q.17
Uricemia is characteristic of:
Still disease
Acute gouty arthritis
Rheumatoid arthritis
Duchenne muscular dystrophy
Myasthenia gravis
Q.18
Myositis ossificans can develop as result of:
Chromosomal translocation
Injury
Increased parathormone excretion
Type I collagen mutation
Kyphoscoliosis
Q.19
Precocious puberty occurs in female patients with:
Monostotic fibrous dysplasia
McCune-Albright syndrome
Paget's disease
Myasthenia gravis
Myotonic dystrophy
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