Gastroenterology

1. Chronic active hepatitis may have all the following features except:

2. Acute viral hepatitis may develop from all of the following except:

3. Carcinoma of the large intestine is mostly found in:

4. Spider naevi:

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

6. The commonest cause of pancreatic calcification is:

7. Gluten-induced enteropathy is strongly associated with:

8. Characteristics of anorexia nervosa include all except:

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

10. Mucosal immunity is mainly due to:

11. Necrolytic migratory erythema is a feature of:

12. Which part of the colonic carcinoma is very easily overlooked?

13. Regarding ulcerative colitis, which is true?

14. Which organ does not move at all with respiration?

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

16. All are recognised complications of acute pancreatitis except:

17. Calcification of spleen is seen in:

18. The causative agent of tropical sprue is:

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

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

21. The commonest cause of colonic obstruction is:

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

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

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

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

26. Tegaserod is used in:

27. The inheritance of cystic fibrosis is:

28. Hirschsprung’s disease is not manifested by:

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

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

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

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

33. All are major components of intestinal gas except:

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

35. All of the following produce hypergastrinemia except:

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

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

38. The commonest site of carcinoma of the stomach is:

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

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

41. All of the following are true regarding right-sided colonic carcinoma except:

42. Which segment of the Gl tract is most susceptible to volvulus?

43. Hyperdefaecation is found in all except:

44. Which is true in familial polyposis coli?

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

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

47. NSAID-induced ulcers are best treated by:

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

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

50. Acute pancreatitis is not associated with: