Pulmonology

1. Thymoma may be associated with all except:

2. Clubbing is present in all except:

3. The commonest middle mediastinal mass is:

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

5. Bilateral hyper translucency in chest X-ray (PA view) is seen in all except:

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

7. The commonest posterior mediastinal tumour is:

8. Hypercarbia is associated with:

9. Which of the following is false in restrictive lung disease?

10. Caplan’s syndrome is coal worker’s pneumoconiosis associated with:

11. Emphysema is associated with all except:

12. ‘Monday dyspnea’ is classically described in:

13. Regarding diaphragmatic palsy, which is false?

14. Asbestosis is not related to:

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

16. Amphoric breath sound is found in:

17. Orthodeoxia is characteristic of:

18. Calcification of pleura is not seen in:

19. Bilateral hilar lymphadenopathy, ankle arthritis and erythema nodosum in sarcoidosis is known as:

20. All are causes of pseudoclubbing except:

21. The risk factor for acquiring tuberculosis is maximum in:

22. Bronchoalveolar lavage is indicated in the evaluation of:

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

24. Pure O₂ therapy may produce all of the following except:

25. Nocturnal cough is classically found in all except:

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

27. Classic dermatological manifestation of chronic sarcoidosis is:

28. A high amylase in pleural fluid is found in all except

29. The commonest cause of respiratory failure is:

30. The earliest sign of clubbing is:

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

32. Therapy in idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis includes all except:

33. Bilateral hilar lymphadenopathy is seen in all except:

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

35. Silo-filler’s disease is the inhalation of:

36. The commonest cause of death in sarcoidosis is:

37. Monophonic rhonchi are classically found in:

38. In lobar pneumonia, which is not true?

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

40. In pleural effusion, impaired transport of glucose into the pleural space is found in:

41. A bronchial adenoma is most commonly presented as:

42. ‘Closing volume’ of the lung is increased in:

43. This is true in a predominant “blue bloater”?

44. Which of the following is a sex-linked disease?

45. Bradypnoea is associated with:

46. Commonest cause of haemoptysis worldwide is:

47. Pulmonary fibrosis is commonly due to complications of:

48. Restriction of bilateral chest movement is found in all except:

49. Hyperbaric oxygen therapy is indicated in all except:

50. Which is an example of exudative pleural effusion?