Gastroenterology

1. Characteristic of hepatic pre-coma is:

2. The most helpful differentiating histological feature between ulcerative colitis and Crohn’s disease by rectal biopsy is:

3. Which is true in familial polyposis coli?

4. Fatty liver may be produced by:

5. The commonest cause of anaemia after peptic ulcer surgery is:

6. Water is minimally absorbed from:

7. Diabetic diarrhoea may be encountered in the presence of:

8. Mallory-Weiss syndrome is commonly seen accompanying:

9. Malignant potential is least in:

10. Atypical chest pain of reflux oesophagitis is very often precipitated by:

11. Luge gastric folds are seen in all except:

12. Acute pancreatitis is not associated with:

13. Which of the following clotting factors retains its activity in hepatocellular disorder?

14. All of the following are true with respect to Zollinger-Ellison syndrome except:

15. Venous prominence present in the upper abdomen with direction of flow towards pelvis suggests:

16. All are absorbed maximally in the upper small intestine except:

17. Passage of a bolus of food through the oesophagus is the function of:

18. Which is true regarding rapidly shrinking liver in fulminant hepatic failure?

19. Which cardiovascular disorder is not associated with steatorrhoea?

20. Faecal assay of alpha1-antitrypsin clinches the diagnosis of:

21. Which of the following is false regarding pernicious anaemia?

22. Which of the following does not produce secretory diarrhoea?

23. The most reliable screening test for patients suffering from malabsorption is:

24. Macroglossia is not found in:

25. In HBV infection, which serological maker is present in the ‘window period’ as evidence of recent HBV infection:

26. Spider naevi:

27. Auto-vagotomy may be observed in:

28. Hyperdefaecation is found in all except:

29. Aluminium hydroxide as an antacid may have all characteristics except:

30. Which of the following is not responsible for food poisoning?

31. H. pylori is usually not associated with:

32. The commonest cause of chronic relapsing pancreatitis is:

33. Which is the most sensitive test to diagnose hepatopulmonary syndrome?

34. Secretory diarrhoea has no association with:

35. Chronic gastritis may be associated with all except:

36. Tegaserod is used in:

37. Pruritus associated with cholestasis is mostly seen:

38. Acute pancreatitis may eventually lead to all of the following except:

39. Carcinoma of the large intestine is mostly found in:

40. The major immunoglobulin in primary biliary cirrhosis is:

41. Which of the following is not included in the classical triad of chronic pancreatitis?

42. WBC in stool is not found in:

43. Regarding solitary rectal ulcer syndrome (SRUS), which of the following is false?

44. Zieve’s syndrome in alcoholic cirrhosis includes pain abdomen and haemolytic anaemia; the other component is:

45. Gastrin is predominantly secreted from:

46. The commonest extraintestinal complication of ulcerative colitis is:

47. Congenital hepatic fibrosis may be associated with:

48. What percentage of Zollinger-Ellison syndrome are malignant?

49. Severe kwashiorkor may have a hepatic lesion in the form of:

50. Features of Mallory-Weiss syndrome comprise all except: