Gastroenterology

1. Michaelis-Gutmann bodies are found in:

2. The definitive test for diagnosis of haemochromatosis is:

3. The most specific treatment in coeliac sprue is:

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

5. Chronicity in hepatitis C virus infection is:

6. Macroglossia is not found in:

7. Which of the following is false regarding cholera?

8. The commonest hepatic lesion in haemochromatosis is:

9. Predominant unconjugated bilirubin is seen in all except:

10. ‘Sago spleen’ is found in:

11. Normal portal venous pressure is:

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

13. Which is true in familial polyposis coli?

14. Secretin is produced in largest quantities in:

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

16. Manometric study of the lower oesophagus is important in all except:

17. The Zollinger-Ellison syndrome is reported in association with all of the following except:

18. The classical triad in carcinoid syndrome is:

19. Cholangiocarcinoma may be associated with:

20. Melanosis coli indicates:

21. Gastric diverticula are:

22. Major organ responsible for the removal of gastrin is:

23. Carcinoid syndrome:

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

25. Chronic afferent loop syndrome producing obstruction may lead to:

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

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

28. Raspberry tongue is found in:

29. Intestinal lymphangiectasia is characterised by all except:

30. Commonest cause of duodenal haematoma is:

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

32. Which is true regarding Vincent’s angina?

33. All of the following produce invasive diarrhoea except:

34. Silvery stool signifies a lesion characteristic of:

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

36. Which of the following does not produce secretory diarrhoea?

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

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

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

40. Minimal hepatic encephalopathy is classically diagnosed by:

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

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

43. Which cardiovascular disorder is not associated with steatorrhoea?

44. Which of the following clotting factors retains its activity in hepatocellular disorder?

45. The Kayser-Fleischer (KF) ring is:

46. Which of the following is not a cause of hyperamylasaemia?

47. Mallory-Weiss syndrome is commonly seen accompanying:

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

49. Serum-ascites albumin gradient (SAAG) is > 1.1 g/dl in all except:

50. Hirschsprung’s disease is not manifested by: