Gastroenterology

1. Necrolytic migratory erythema is a feature of:

2. Jejunal diverticula may be associated with:

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

4. Which of the following pancreatic islet cells synthesizes glucagon?

5. Diarrhoea may be associated with all except:

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

7. Among the following drugs, which one is thought to be the safest in pregnancy?

8. Faecal assay of alpha1-antitrypsin clinches the diagnosis of:

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

10. The commonest type of pancreatic carcinoma is:

11. Achalasia cardia gives rise to all except:

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

13. Giardiasis is characterised by all except:

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

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

16. Treatment of peptic ulcers with magnesium hydroxide is characterised by:

17. All of the following produce “sub-total villous atrophy’ except:

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

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

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

21. Raspberry tongue is found in:

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

23. Secretory diarrhoea has no association with:

24. Minimal free fluid in the abdomen that can be picked up by ultrasonography is:

25. Regarding carcinoma of oesophagus, all are true except:

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

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

28. Among all of the following, which is the most characteristic feature regarding intestinal ischaemia?

29. Which is true with respect to irritable bowel syndrome?

30. The best way to diagnose Gilbert’s syndrome is:

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

32. All of the following may be the aetiology of Budd-Chiari syndrome except:

33. The commonest cause of colonic obstruction is:

34. Non-cirrhotic portal fibrosis may be associated with:

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

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

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

38. All of the following are true regarding diverticulitis except:

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

40. Characteristics of anorexia nervosa include all except:

41. Hepatic rub may be found in:

42. Congenital hepatic fibrosis may be associated with:

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

44. Octreotide can be used in all except:

45. The single most important point which differentiates tropical sprue from coeliac sprue is:

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

47. Which of the following is not included in the list of high-folate diet?

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

49. Which is not true so far as definition of cirrhosis of liver is concerned?

50. Treatment of choice in correcting anaemia of ‘blind loop syndrome’ is: