Gastroenterology

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

2. All of the following endocrine disorders are associated with malabsorption except:

3. Granulomatous hepatitis is not a feature of:

4. In HBV infection, which serological maker is present in the ‘window period’ as evidence of recent HBV infection:

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

6. Michaelis-Gutmann bodies are found in:

7. Which is true regarding irritable bowel syndrome?

8. Which one is true in relation to Barrett’s oesophagus?

9. Which organ does not move at all with respiration?

10. Features of Mallory-Weiss syndrome comprise all except:

11. What is true about Weil’s disease?

12. All of the following may be associated with diarrhoea except:

13. Fatty liver may be produced by:

14. Which segment of the Gl tract is most susceptible to volvulus?

15. Pregnancy predisposes to all except:

16. Commonest cause of antral gastritis is:

17. Which part of the colonic carcinoma is very easily overlooked?

18. Which of the following reflects the best prognostic marker of hepatocellular function?

19. Which cardiovascular disorder is not associated with steatorrhoea?

20. The commonest cause of upper GI bleeding in an alcoholic is:

21. Features of gastric outlet obstruction produced by congenital hypertrophic pyloric stenosis develop in infants:

22. The commonest type of oral malignancy is:

23. Weil’s disease is associated with:

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

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

26. Chronicity in hepatitis C virus infection is:

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

28. All of the following produce hypergastrinemia except:

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

30. Acute pancreatitis may be caused by:

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

32. Extraintestinal amoebiasis may involve all except:

33. Zieve’s syndrome in alcoholic cirrhosis includes pain abdomen and haemolytic anaemia; the other component is:

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

35. Which one of the following is true regarding pre-sinusoidal portal hypertension:

36. Chronic gastritis may be associated with all except:

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

38. Minimal hepatic encephalopathy is classically diagnosed by:

39. Raspberry tongue is found in:

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

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

42. Water is minimally absorbed from:

43. The commonest site of carcinoma of the stomach is:

44. Protein-losing enteropathy maybe feature of all except:

45. Gastrin is predominantly secreted from:

46. Characteristics of anorexia nervosa include all except:

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

48. Late dumping syndrome may be manifested by all except:

49. In gastroparesis, the following drugs are helpful except:

50. Diarrhoea may be associated with all except: