Gastroenterology

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

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

3. Portal hypertension associated with soft liver suggests:

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

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

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

7. All of the following are true with respect to Zollinger-Ellison syndrome except:

8. Bentiromide test diagnoses?

9. The commonest micro-organism responsible for cholangitis is:

10. A child having diarrhoea later complicated by the appearance of rash and petechiae. The most probable diagnosis is:

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

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

13. Spider naevi:

14. Mallory-Weiss syndrome is commonly seen accompanying:

15. Intestinal lymphangiectasia is characterised by all except:

16. All are recognised complications of acute pancreatitis except:

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

18. Pyrosis is better known as:

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

20. Pregnancy predisposes to all except:

21. Jejuno-ileal bypass surgery done for obesity may be complicated by all except:

22. Zieve’s syndrome in alcoholic cirrhosis includes pain abdomen and haemolytic anaemia; the other component is:

23. ‘String sign’ in Crohn’s disease is due to:

24. All of the following produce hypergastrinemia except:

25. Secretin is produced in largest quantities in:

26. Which of the following immunoglobulins may be depressed in Giardia lamblia infestation?

27. Crohn’s disease is caused by:

28. Aluminium hydroxide as an antacid may have all characteristics except:

29. The commonest site of carcinoid tumour is:

30. Gastric diverticula are:

31. All of the following are true regarding acute mesenteric vascular occlusion except:

32. Peritonitis may be complicated by all except:

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

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

35. Macroglossia is not found in:

36. Which of the following infections commonly produces hepatic granuloma?

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

38. Pyloric stenosis may be complicated by:

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

40. The most reliable method of measuring steatorrhoea is:

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

42. The commonest cause of anaemia after peptic ulcer surgery is:

43. Continued infectivity in HBV infection is diagnosed by:

44. Halitosis is present in all except:

45. Hour-glass stomach is usually produced by:

46. A desire for defaecation is initiated by:

47. Which statement is false regarding duodenal ulcer?

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

49. All of the following may give rise to flat oral GTT and a normal IV GTT except:

50. Which one of the following is false in hepatorenal syndrome?