Gastroenterology

1. Which is true regarding irritable bowel syndrome?

2. Macroglossia is not found in:

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

4. Intestinal lymphangiectasia is characterised by all except:

5. Luge gastric folds are seen in all except:

6. Incidence of gastric carcinoid is increased in all except:

7. Oral mucous membrane may be affected in all except:

8. Which of the following is false according to Ranson/Imrie criteria in acute pancreatitis for adversely affecting survival on admission?

9. Passage of a bolus of food through the oesophagus is the function of:

10. Mucosal immunity is mainly due to:

11. Tegaserod is used in:

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

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

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

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

16. Crohn’s disease is caused by:

17. All of the following produce hypergastrinemia except:

18. Which of the following is not a disorder of intestinal motility?

19. Which of the following does not produce secretory diarrhoea?

20. Aerophagia is commonly found in all except:

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

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

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

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

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

26. Which of the following may develop into intestinal lymphoma?

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

28. The major immunoglobulin in primary biliary cirrhosis is:

29. Malignant potential is least in:

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

31. The presence of hepatic bruit over the liver suggests:

32. The water content of adult stool is approximately:

33. The major site of bile salt absorption is:

34. Which of the following clotting factors is not produced in the liver?

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

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

37. Halitosis is present in all except:

38. Features of Mallory-Weiss syndrome comprise all except:

39. Commonest cause of hepatoma is:

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

41. Which statement is false regarding duodenal ulcer?

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

43. The lower oesophageal mucosa ring (Schatzki ring) is:

44. Acute pancreatitis may eventually lead to all of the following except:

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

46. Milk-alkali syndrome (Burnett’s syndrome) may lead to all except:

47. Carcinoid syndrome:

48. All are major components of intestinal gas except:

49. Which of the following primaries is uncommonly associated with bony metastasis?

50. Among the undermentioned liver function tests, which one is least likely to be impaired during normal pregnancy?