Gastroenterology

1. Which is true regarding Vincent’s angina?

2. The commonest cause of pancreatic calcification is:

3. The most helpful differentiating histological feature between ulcerative colitis and Crohn’s disease by rectal biopsy is:

4. Which one of the following is true regarding pre-sinusoidal portal hypertension:

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

6. Which is true regarding rapidly shrinking liver in fulminant hepatic failure?

7. Peritonitis may be complicated by all except:

8. Mallory-Weiss syndrome is commonly seen accompanying:

9. Botulism may be associated with all of the following except:

10. Macroglossia is not found in:

11. Geographic tongue is ideally treated by:

12. Fats are ingested primarily in the form of:

13. Which is not a member of familial non-haemolytic hyperbilirubinaemia?

14. Which of the following surgical procedures in peptic ulcers most commonly give rise to recurrent ulceration?

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

16. Severe kwashiorkor may have a hepatic lesion in the form of:

17. Calcification of spleen is seen in:

18. The valvular heart disease common in carcinoid syndrome is:

19. Treatment of choice in correcting anaemia of ‘blind loop syndrome’ is:

20. The presence of diverticulosis is most commonly seen in:

21. Achalasia cardia gives rise to all except:

22. Diabetic diarrhoea may be encountered in the presence of:

23. Which of the following is not included in the classical triad of chronic pancreatitis?

24. Achalasia cardia may lead to all except:

25. Incidence of stress ulcers in acutely traumatised patients is:

26. Chronic gastritis may be characterised by all except:

27. The most specific treatment in coeliac sprue is:

28. Granulomatous hepatitis is not a feature of:

29. Regarding cimetidine, all of the following are true except:

30. The Zollinger-Ellison syndrome is associated with all of the following except:

31. Hepatitis-like features may be seen in therapy with all except:

32. All are recognised complications of acute viral hepatitis except:

33. Which ion is necessary for the active transport of sugars?

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

35. Which endocrine disorder is associated with exudative ascites?

36. Which segment of the colon is commonly affected by vascular insufficiency?

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

38. Which cardiovascular disorder is not associated with steatorrhoea?

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

40. Which of the following does not give rise to haematemesis?

41. Which of the following is not associated with leucocytosis?

42. The commonest type of pancreatic carcinoma is:

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

44. Minimal hepatic encephalopathy is classically diagnosed by:

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

46. All of the following may be associated with hypoglobulinaemia except:

47. Hirschsprung’s disease is not manifested by:

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

49. Characteristics of anorexia nervosa include all except:

50. Malignant potential is least in: