Gastroenterology

1. If an intestinal biopsy is not possible, the diagnosis of Whipple’s disease can be made by:

2. Sialorrhoea is associated with all of the following except:

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

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

5. Which of the following is false regarding acute appendicitis?

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

7. A patient is having an isolated elevation of serum alkaline phosphatase. The next test to be performed is:

8. Saint’s triad is the presence of gallstones, hiatal hernia and?

9. Endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (ERCP) has all the advantages except:

10. Pseudomembranous colitis is not produced by:

11. Which one of the following originates from non-beta islet cell tumour of the pancreas?

12. The water content of adult stool is approximately:

13. Minimal fluid required to have classical shifting dullness in ascites is:

14. Which vitamin deficiency is commonly seen in Crohn’s disease?

15. Octreotide can be used in all except:

16. Which statement is false regarding duodenal ulcer?

17. Necrolytic migratory erythema is a feature of:

18. The commonest manifestation of radiation proctitis is:

19. Regarding melena, which statement is false?

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

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

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

23. Peritonitis may be complicated by all except:

24. Chronic afferent loop syndrome producing obstruction may lead to:

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

26. Mallory-Weiss syndrome is commonly seen accompanying:

27. One of the earliest manifestations of cystic fibrosis is:

28. Which cardiovascular disorder is not associated with steatorrhoea?

29. All of the following are true regarding Whipple’s disease except:

30. All of the following may be associated with diarrhoea except:

31. Late dumping syndrome may be manifested by all except:

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

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

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

35. All of the following can be associated with obstructive jaundice except:

36. Water is minimally absorbed from:

37. Acute pancreatitis is not associated with:

38. All of the following may cause traveller’s diarrhoea except:

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

40. Chronic gastritis may be characterised by all except:

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

42. ‘Sago spleen’ is found in:

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

44. Which of the following infections may produce features like cardiospasm?

45. Serum alkaline phosphatase level may be increased in all except:

46. The most common and most specific radiological feature in barium meal follow-through in a patient with malabsorption is:

47. Which one of the following is false regarding type B hepatitis serology?

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

49. The ideal time to give antacids in peptic ulcer disease is:

50. A patient with severe malabsorption having fever, hepatosplenomegaly, lymphadenopathy, sacroiliitis and increased skin pigmentation is probably suffering from: