Gastroenterology

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

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

3. Regarding melena, which statement is false?

4. Crohn’s disease is caused by:

5. Fatty liver may be produced by:

6. Pyloric stenosis may be complicated by:

7. Which is true in familial polyposis coli?

8. The Zollinger-Ellison syndrome is associated with all of the following except:

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

10. Regarding haematochezia, which one is false?

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

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

13. Michaelis-Gutmann bodies are found in:

14. The commonest extraintestinal complication of ulcerative colitis is:

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

16. Mucosal immunity is mainly due to:

17. The commonest cause of pancreatic calcification is:

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

19. Minimal hepatic encephalopathy is classically diagnosed by:

20. Commonest organism causing pyogenic liver abscess is:

21. Botulism may be associated with all of the following except:

22. The major immunoglobulin in primary biliary cirrhosis is:

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

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

25. Pneumaturia is an established feature of:

26. Gluten-induced enteropathy is strongly associated with:

27. The basic defect in coeliac sprue lies in:

Burst abdomen commonly occurs on which post-op day of abdominal surgery?
A. 1st day B. 2nd day
C. 3rd day D. 7th day

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

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

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

32. Which of the following bile acids is virtually absent in advanced cirrhosis of liver?

33. The commonest type of oral malignancy is:

34. Predominant unconjugated hyperbilirubinaemia is seen in all except:

35. Gastrin is predominantly secreted from:

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

37. Granulomatous hepatitis is not a feature of:

38. The major site of bile salt absorption is:

39. The most reliable method of measuring steatorrhoea is:

40. The most valuable provocative test of Zollinger-Ellison syndrome is:

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

42. The most specific treatment in coeliac sprue is:

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

44. Portal hypertension associated with soft liver suggests:

45. All of the following produce hypergastrinemia except:

46. Raspberry tongue is found in:

47. All are recognised complications of acute pancreatitis except:

48. Mallory-Weiss syndrome is commonly seen accompanying:

49. All of the following protozoa! infections produce diarrhoea in a patient of AIDS except:

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