Gastroenterology

1. Weil’s disease is associated with:

2. Carcinoid syndrome:

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

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

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

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

7. Jejuno-ileal bypass surgery done for obesity may be complicated by all except:

8. All of the following produce hypergastrinemia except:

9. Regarding cimetidine, all of the following are true except:

10. Crohn’s disease is caused by:

11. The commonest cause of pancreatic calcification is:

12. Secretory diarrhoea has no association with:

13. Which indicates chronicity in hepatitis B virus infection?

14. Which of the following pancreatic islet cells synthesizes glucagon?

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

16. Geographic tongue is ideally treated by:

17. A child having diarrhoea later complicated by the appearance of rash and petechiae. The most probable diagnosis is:

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

19. The weight of normal daily stool of a healthy adult is:

20. Regarding ulcerative colitis, which is true?

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

22. Congenital hepatic fibrosis may be associated with:

23. Granulomatous hepatitis is not a feature of:

24. Predominant unconjugated hyperbilirubinaemia is defined as when:

25. Chronic gastritis may be associated with all except:

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

27. The most reliable method of measuring steatorrhoea is:

28. All of the following are true regarding right-sided colonic carcinoma except:

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

30. All are absorbed maximally in the upper small intestine except:

31. Normally in health, the venous flow in abdominal superficial veins is:

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

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

34. Hepatocellular jaundice does not result from:

35. Pyloric stenosis may be complicated by:

36. Aluminium hydroxide as an antacid may have all characteristics except:

37. Acute viral hepatitis may develop from all of the following except:

38. The commonest cause of colonic obstruction is:

39. Which light source produces best photodecomposition of bilirubin?

40. Absolute contraindication for liver biopsy is:

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

42. Whipple’s triad is found in:

43. Commonest organism causing pyogenic liver abscess is:

44. Halitosis is present in all except:

45. The most sensitive test which detects hepatic involvement in congestive cardiac failure is:

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

47. All of the following are true regarding Whipple’s disease except:

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

49. Carcinoma of the large intestine is mostly found in:

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