Gastroenterology

1. The most common cause of Budd-Chiari syndrome is:

2. Severe mucoid diarrhoea which is rich in electrolytes should arouse suspicion of:

3. Menetrier’s disease may have all of the following except:

4. Giardiasis is characterised by all except:

5. Malabsorption may produce all of the following except:

6. Elevation in 5-HIAA (5 hydroxy-indole acetic acid) in urine is found in all except:

7. Pneumaturia is an established feature of:

8. Continued infectivity in HBV infection is diagnosed by:

9. All are causes of chylous ascites except:

10. Chronicity in hepatitis C virus infection is:

11. All of the following protozoa! infections produce diarrhoea in a patient of AIDS except:

12. What percentage of Zollinger-Ellison syndrome are malignant?

13. Secretory diarrhoea has no association with:

14. The commonest cause of upper GI bleeding in an alcoholic is:

15. Weil’s disease is associated with:

16. Which of the following surgeries is related to severe hepatocellular dysfunction?

17. Which is true with respect to irritable bowel syndrome?

18. The most reliable screening test for patients suffering from malabsorption is:

19. Gum hypertrophy is not a feature of:

20. Anti-saccharomyces cerevisiae antibody (ASCA) is classically present in:

21. Which of the following pancreatic islet cells synthesizes glucagon?

22. Primary biliary cirrhosis may be associated with all except:

23. All the drugs are given at some time in the treatment of carcinoid syndrome except:

24. Which of the following is not a cause of hyperamylasaemia?

25. Regarding Meckel’s diverticulum, which one is false?

26. Characteristic of hepatic pre-coma is:

27. Constipation may develop from all except:

28. Spider naevi:

29. Silvery stool signifies a lesion characteristic of:

30. Cholangiocarcinoma may be associated with:

31. Normally in health, the venous flow in abdominal superficial veins is:

32. Which of the following is false regarding pernicious anaemia?

33. The major immunoglobulin in primary biliary cirrhosis is:

34. Which of the following may develop into intestinal lymphoma?

35. Symptoms of carcinoma of the left colon include all except:

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

37. The commonest cause of post-transfusion hepatitis is:

38. Pruritus associated with cholestasis is mostly seen:

39. Tegaserod is used in:

40. Non-alcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH) may be produced by all except:

41. Regarding non-alcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH), all are true except:

42. The lower oesophageal mucosa ring (Schatzki ring) is:

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

44. Among the following drugs, which one is thought to be the safest in pregnancy?

45. Hepatocellular jaundice does not result from:

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

47. Crohn’s disease may produce all of the following except:

48. ‘Puddle sign’ detects a small amount of free fluid in peritoneal cavity which may be as low as:

49. H. pylori is usually not associated with:

50. Melanosis coli indicates: