Gastroenterology

1. The commonest cause of pancreatic calcification is:

2. The most reliable method of measuring steatorrhoea is:

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

4. Regarding cimetidine, all of the following are true except:

5. All are causes of chylous ascites except:

6. The definitive test for diagnosis of haemochromatosis is:

7. Fatty liver may be produced by:

8. All of the following may be associated with hyposplenism except:

Burst abdomen commonly occurs on which post-op day of abdominal surgery?
A. 1st day B. 2nd day
C. 3rd day D. 7th day

10. Hepatic rub may be found in:

11. Which one of the following is true regarding pre-sinusoidal portal hypertension:

12. Peritonitis may be complicated by all except:

13. Weil’s disease is associated with:

14. All of the following may give rise to flat oral GTT and a normal IV GTT except:

15. Regarding carcinoma of oesophagus, all are true except:

16. Manometric study of the lower oesophagus is important in all except:

17. Which is true in familial polyposis coli?

18. Regarding diffuse oesophageal spasm, which of the following is true?

19. Congestive gastropathy in portal hypertension is best treated by:

20. Secretory diarrhoea has no association with:

21. Melanosis coli indicates:

22. The commonest cause of chronic relapsing pancreatitis is:

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

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

25. The best way to diagnose Gilbert’s syndrome is:

26. Which of the following is not a recognized complication of ulcerative colitis?

27. Achalasia cardia may lead to all except:

28. Fats are ingested primarily in the form of:

29. Minimal hepatic encephalopathy is classically diagnosed by:

30. Which is true regarding Vincent’s angina?

31. Endopeptidases include all except:

32. Luge gastric folds are seen in all except:

33. Which of the following is false according to Ranson/Imrie criteria in acute pancreatitis for adversely affecting survival on admission?

34. Acute viral hepatitis may develop from all of the following except:

35. Anti-LKM1 antibodies (liver-kidney microsomes) are seen in infection with:

36. The Kayser-Fleischer (KF) ring is:

37. A patient with severe malabsorption having fever, hepatosplenomegaly, lymphadenopathy, sacroiliitis and increased skin pigmentation is probably suffering from:

38. H. pylori is usually not associated with:

39. Which of the following reflects the best prognostic marker of hepatocellular function?

40. Gardner’s syndrome may be associated with all except:

41. If an intestinal biopsy is not possible, the diagnosis of Whipple’s disease can be made by:

42. All are examples of APUDomas except:

43. Regarding ischaemic colitis, which one is true?

44. A child having diarrhoea later complicated by the appearance of rash and petechiae. The most probable diagnosis is:

45. Which cardiovascular disorder is not associated with steatorrhoea?

46. The most common and most specific radiological feature in barium meal follow-through in a patient with malabsorption is:

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

48. All are characteristic features of Wilson’s disease except:

49. The presenting feature of non-cirrhotic portal fibrosis is:

50. Endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (ERCP) has all the advantages except: