Gastroenterology

1. The best single diagnostic test for cystic fibrosis is:

2. Pseudomembranous colitis is best treated by:

3. Which of the following is false regarding Gaucher’s disease?

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

5. Which of the following has the highest acid secretory effect?

6. ‘Sago spleen’ is found in:

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

8. Fatty liver may be produced by:

9. Manometric study of the lower oesophagus is important in all except:

10. Bacillary dysentery can be differentiated from ulcerative colitis by:

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

12. Continued infectivity in HBV infection is diagnosed by:

13. Which is true regarding Vincent’s angina?

14. Venous prominence present in the upper abdomen with direction of flow towards pelvis suggests:

15. Commonest cause of antral gastritis is:

16. Hour-glass stomach is usually produced by:

17. The weight of normal daily stool of a healthy adult is:

18. Water is minimally absorbed from:

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

20. Mallory-Weiss syndrome is commonly seen accompanying:

21. Congenital hepatic fibrosis may be associated with:

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

23. Giardiasis is characterised by all except:

24. Carbenoxolone sodium may be associated with all of the following features except:

25. All of the following are examples of psychiatric illness associated with profound weight loss except:

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

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

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

29. Characteristic of hepatic pre-coma is:

30. Gastrin is predominantly secreted from:

31. Tegaserod is used in:

32. Regarding solitary rectal ulcer syndrome (SRUS), which of the following is false?

33. Acute pancreatitis is not associated with:

34. Endopeptidases include all except:

35. Minimal hepatic encephalopathy is classically diagnosed by:

36. Gardner’s syndrome may be associated with all except:

37. Mucosal immunity is mainly due to:

38. Giardia lamblia infestation produces a syndrome mimicking:

39. Normal portal venous pressure is:

40. In HBV infection, which serological maker is present in the ‘window period’ as evidence of recent HBV infection:

41. The commonest extraintestinal complication of ulcerative colitis is:

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

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

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

45. The commonest malignant tumour of the gallbladder is:

46. Superficial venous flow in portal hypertension is:

47. Bentiromide test diagnoses?

48. Which cardiovascular disorder is not associated with steatorrhoea?

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

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