Gastroenterology

1. Congestive gastropathy in portal hypertension is best treated by:

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

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

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

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

6. The major immunoglobulin in primary biliary cirrhosis is:

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

8. Regarding H. pylori, which statement is false?

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

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

11. The commonest cause of chronic relapsing pancreatitis is:

12. Which of the following is the most sensitive and test of choice in diagnosing cystic dud obstruction, i.e. acute cholecystitis?

13. Commonest cause of antral gastritis is:

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

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

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

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

18. Malignant potential is least in:

19. All of the following produce invasive diarrhoea except:

20. Minimal hepatic encephalopathy is classically diagnosed by:

21. Lower oesophageal sphincter is relaxed by:

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

23. Which is the most sensitive test to diagnose hepatopulmonary syndrome?

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

25. Fats are ingested primarily in the form of:

26. All are recognised complications of inflammatory bowel disease except:

27. The commonest hepatic lesion in haemochromatosis is:

28. Regarding haematochezia, which one is false?

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

30. Pseudomembranous colitis is best treated by:

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

32. Commonest cause of duodenal haematoma is:

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

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

35. Which of the following is not true in lupoid hepatitis?

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

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

38. The basic defect in coeliac sprue lies in:

39. Regarding melena, which statement is false?

40. Commonest cause of hepatoma is:

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

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

43. Portal hypertension associated with soft liver suggests:

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

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

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

47. Jejunal diverticula may be associated with:

48. All of the following can be associated with obstructive jaundice except:

49. Gum hypertrophy is not a feature of:

50. Weil’s disease is associated with: