Pulmonology

1. The commonest cause of death in sarcoidosis is:

2. The commonest middle mediastinal mass is:

3. Scar carcinoma of the lung is:

4. All are causes of pseudoclubbing except:

5. Which is not a known consequence of asbestosis?

6. Which of the following is not a bedside feature of fibrosing alveolitis?

7. The most reliable symptom of acute pulmonary thromboembolism is:

8. All of the following are restrictive lung diseases except:

9. Broncholithiasis is usually a late complication of some infections; which does not fall in this group?

10. A patient with hemoptysis and having a depressed bridge of the nose points towards:

11. Which of the following is used to treat cystic fibrosis?

12. Which of the following is not common in primary pulmonary tuberculosis?

13. Decreased vital capacity and decreased lung volume are common in:

14. Regarding hypoventilation, all are true except:

15. In performing a chest X-ray (PA view), the tube-film distance should be:

16. A characteristic feature of pulmonary hypertension does not include:

17. Hemorrhagic pleural effusion is not characteristic of:

18. In chronic bronchitis, the Reid index should be:

19. Loss of Traube’s space tympanicity is found in all except:

20. Predominantly left-sided pleural effusion is seen in:

21. Which one of the following is not a paraneoplastic syndrome in bronchogenic carcinoma?

22. Therapy in idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis includes all except:

23. Asbestosis may be complicated by all except:

24. Which of the following is not a recognised feature of fibrosing alveolitis?

25. Lung abscess is not a complication of:

26. Eggshell calcification in chest X-ray is characteristic of:

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

28. Which of the following is not responsible for the development of interstitial lung disease?

29. Investigation of the highest diagnostic efficacy in acute pulmonary thromboembolism is:

30. The commonest histologic variety of bronchogenic carcinoma is:

31. Which of the following is false regarding primary pulmonary hypertension?

32. Clubbing is present in all except:

33. Which is not manifested as a cavitary lung lesion?

34. All of the following commonly affects the upper zone of the lung in chest X-ray except:

35. Asbestosis is not related to:

36. Farmer’s lung is caused by:

37. Characteristic body in sarcoidosis is:

1.  B.
2.  D. Schaumann bodies

38. Drug-induced eosinophilic pneumonia is caused by all except:

39. Which one of the following is false in silicosis?

40. Bilateral pleural effusion is commonly seen in:

41. Reactivation of pulmonary tuberculosis is due to:

42. Hyperbaric oxygen therapy is indicated in all except:

43. The commonest posterior mediastinal tumour is:

44. Pulmonary fibrosis is not produced by:

45. Which of the following is false regarding ‘ageing’?

46. Malt worker’s lung is caused by:

47. Bradypnoea is associated with:

48. The dome of the diaphragm is elevated in:

49. The lower part of right border of cardiac silhouette in a chest X-ray (PA view) is usually formed by:

50. Which opportunistic organism commonly affects patients of pulmonary alveolar proteinosis?