Pulmonology

1. Bronchoalveolar lavage is indicated in the evaluation of:

2. Malt worker’s lung is caused by:

3. Viral pneumonia may have:

4. Which of the following can be used as Bosentan (endothelin antagonist) analogue in pulmonary hypertension?

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

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

7. Characteristics of Mycoplasma pneumoniae pneumonia are all except:

8. The commonest posterior mediastinal tumour is:

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

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

11. The commonest histologic variety of bronchogenic carcinoma is:

12. Scar carcinoma of the lung is:

13. A large number of eosinophils in the sputum is diagnostic of:

14. Hysterical hyperventilation may be manifested by all except:

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

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

17. Which is not a part of ‘Kartagener’s syndrome’?

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

19. All are commonly seen in Legionella pneumophilia-induced pneumonia except:

20. Which is false regarding transudative pleural effusion?

21. Bilateral pleural effusion is commonly seen in:

22. Crepitations uninfluenced by coughing are found in:

23. Serum angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE) level is increased in all except:

24. The commonest benign pulmonary neoplasm is:

25. Which of the following is false regarding Pickwickian syndrome?

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

27. Lung abscess is not a complication of:

28. Therapy in idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis includes all except:

29. Hemorrhagic pleural effusion is not characteristic of:

30. Physiologic dead space is increased in all except:

31. Expectoration of chalky sediments with gritty particles are diagnostic of:

32. Which is an example of exudative pleural effusion?

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

34. Monophonic rhonchi are classically found in:

35. The commonest cause of acute cor pulmonale is:

36. All are true in pneumomediastinum except:

37. All are features of hypercapnia except:

38. Lovibond’ s angle is approximately:

39. Which is not a recognized complication of cystic fibrosis?

40. The commonest cause of death in sarcoidosis is:

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

42. Melanoptysis (black sputum) is seen in:

43. Calcification of pleura is not seen in:

44. Elastic recoil of the lung is severely diminished in:

45. The commonest middle mediastinal mass is:

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

47. Regarding diaphragmatic palsy, which is false?

48. All of the following drugs may produce fibrosing alveolitis except:

49. The cranial nerve most commonly affected in sarcoidosis is:

50. Classic dermatological manifestation of chronic sarcoidosis is: