Gastroenterology

1. Geographic tongue is ideally treated by:

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

3. All of the following produce hypergastrinemia except:

4. The commonest cause of colonic obstruction is:

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

6. The most specific treatment in coeliac sprue is:

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

8. Characteristic of hepatic pre-coma is:

9. Regarding solitary rectal ulcer syndrome (SRUS), which of the following is false?

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

11. The maximum absorption of fluid in the gastrointestinal tract occurs in:

12. Congenital hepatic fibrosis may be associated with:

13. All of the following produce invasive diarrhoea except:

14. All of the following enzymes may be normally found in stool except:

15. Which of the following is false regarding autoimmune hepatitis?

16. NSAID-induced ulcers are best treated by:

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

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

19. All of the following may be associated with hyposplenism except:

20. Tropical sprue may be associated with all except:

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

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

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

24. Serum alkaline phosphatase level may be increased in all except:

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

26. Fats are ingested primarily in the form of:

27. The commonest site of carcinoid tumour is:

28. Which of the following surgeries is related to severe hepatocellular dysfunction?

29. Melanosis coli indicates:

30. Which of the following is false regarding pernicious anaemia?

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

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

33. Regarding haematochezia, which one is false?

34. All are characteristic features of Wilson’s disease except:

35. Octreotide can be used in all except:

36. Whipple’s triad is found in:

37. Pyrosis is better known as:

38. The valvular heart disease common in carcinoid syndrome is:

39. Which one of the following is not a space-occupying disease of liver?

40. Aerophagia is commonly found in all except:

41. Serum alkaline phosphatase is increased in alt except:

42. All are major components of intestinal gas except:

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

44. Auto-vagotomy may be observed in:

45. Normal portal venous pressure is:

46. Upper GI bleeding, angioid streaks in retina and yellowish skin papules indicate:

47. Sialorrhoea is associated with all of the following except:

48. Which one is false in granulomatous hepatitis?

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

50. Which is true regarding rapidly shrinking liver in fulminant hepatic failure?