Gastroenterology

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

2. Melanosis coli indicates:

3. Pseudomembranous colitis is best treated by:

4. All of the following enzymes may be normally found in stool except:

5. The water content of adult stool is approximately:

6. Gastrin is predominantly secreted from:

7. Which is true regarding irritable bowel syndrome?

8. Treatment modalities of Wilson’s disease include all except:

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

10. All are examples of APUDomas except:

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

12. Lactose intolerance with lactase deficiency may be present in all except:

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

14. Macroglossia is not found in:

15. Which of the following is not effective to eradicate H. pylori?

16. The smallest absorbing unit of the small intestinal mucosa is:

17. Which of the following is not a disorder of intestinal motility?

18. A ‘white patch’ in the throat may be due to all except:

19. Pneumaturia is an established feature of:

20. Upper GI bleeding, angioid streaks in retina and yellowish skin papules indicate:

21. Which site of gastric carcinoma is easily overlooked. by barium meal study?

22. Tegaserod is used in:

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

24. Pyrosis is better known as:

25. Acute pancreatitis may be caused by:

26. The commonest hepatic lesion in haemochromatosis is:

27. Steatorrhoea accompanying diabetes mellitus may be due to all except:

28. Regarding ulcerative colitis, which is true?

29. High transaminase levels may be found in all except:

30. The most valuable provocative test of Zollinger-Ellison syndrome is:

31. The commonest cause of metastasis to the wall of the stomach is:

32. Pyloric stenosis may be complicated by:

33. Whipple’s triad is found in:

34. All of the following produce invasive diarrhoea except:

35. The Zollinger-Ellison syndrome is reported in association with all of the following except:

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

37. Weil’s disease is associated with:

38. Which endocrine disorder is associated with exudative ascites?

39. All of the following are true in irritable bowel syndrome except:

40. Gluten-induced enteropathy is strongly associated with:

41. Protein-losing enteropathy maybe feature of all except:

42. Minimal free fluid in the abdomen that can be picked up by ultrasonography is:

43. Giardiasis is characterised by all except:

44. Indicators of spontaneous bacterial peritonitis in cirrhosis include all except:

45. The commonest cause of chronic relapsing pancreatitis is:

46. Which one of the following is false regarding primary biliary cirrhosis?

47. Which of the following is false regarding autoimmune hepatitis?

48. Oral contraceptive pills may have a hepatic lesion in the form of all except:

49. Predominant unconjugated bilirubin is seen in all except:

50. Which of the following is not true in lupoid hepatitis?