Gastroenterology

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

2. High transaminase levels may be found in all except:

3. Characteristic of hepatic pre-coma is:

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

5. ‘String sign’ in Crohn’s disease is due to:

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

7. Regarding haematochezia, which one is false?

8. Pyrosis is better known as:

9. Crohn’s disease may be complicated by all except:

10. Gum hypertrophy is not a feature of:

11. Commonest cause of antral gastritis is:

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

13. In coeliac sprue, which of the following is non-deficient in the body?

14. Endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (ERCP) has all the advantages except:

15. Which is not an indication of liver transplantation?

16. Hepatocellular jaundice does not result from:

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

18. NSAID-induced ulcers are best treated by:

19. The commonest type of oral malignancy is:

20. Diabetic diarrhoea may be encountered in the presence of:

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

22. Pregnancy predisposes to all except:

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

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

25. Commonest cause of duodenal haematoma is:

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

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

28. Gastric diverticula are:

29. Achalasia cardia gives rise to all except:

30. Pseudomembranous colitis is not produced by:

31. Which of the following has the highest acid secretory effect?

32. The commonest cause of metastasis to the wall of the stomach is:

33. Regarding angiodysplasia of colon, which one is false?

34. The commonest cause of post-transfusion hepatitis is:

35. Minimal fluid required to have classical shifting dullness in ascites is:

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

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

38. Leptospirosis can be diagnosed during the 1st week of illness by:

39. Which one is false regarding irritable bowel syndrome?

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

41. The commonest cause of pancreatic calcification is:

42. Tropical sprue may be associated with all except:

43. Pseudomembranous colitis is best treated by:

44. Secretin is produced in largest quantities in:

45. All are examples of APUDomas except:

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

47. Secretory diarrhoea has no association with:

48. The commonest malignant tumour of the gallbladder is:

49. Steatorrhoea accompanying diabetes mellitus may be due to all except:

50. Anti-LKM1 antibodies (liver-kidney microsomes) are seen in infection with: