Gastroenterology

1. Pyloric stenosis is commonly associated. with all except:

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

3. All are major components of intestinal gas except:

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

5. The most common cause of Budd-Chiari syndrome is:

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

7. The presence of hepatic bruit over the liver suggests:

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

9. The most valuable provocative test of Zollinger-Ellison syndrome is:

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

11. Regarding carcinoma of oesophagus, all are true except:

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

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

14. Silvery stool signifies a lesion characteristic of:

15. Acute pancreatitis may be caused by:

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

17. Which one is false in granulomatous hepatitis?

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

19. Aerophagia is commonly found in all except:

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

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

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

23. Which of the following is not a recognized complication of ulcerative colitis?

24. Crohn’s disease is caused by:

25. Ulcerative colitis involves the rectal mucosa in:

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

27. Octreotide can be used in all except:

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

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

30. Serum alkaline phosphatase level may be increased in all except:

31. Macroglossia is not found in:

32. Commonest cause of antral gastritis is:

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

34. The commonest cause of colonic obstruction is:

35. ‘Puddle sign’ detects a small amount of free fluid in peritoneal cavity which may be as low as:

36. Pregnancy predisposes to all except:

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

38. Achalasia cardia may lead to all except:

39. Which of the following agent’s absorption is least affected in massive small bowel resection?

40. The commonest site of carcinoid tumour is:

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

42. Malignant potential is least in:

43. Malabsorption may produce all of the following except:

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

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

46. Giardia lamblia infestation produces a syndrome mimicking:

47. The commonest cause of chronic relapsing pancreatitis is:

48. All of the following are methods for detection of H. pylori except:

49. Primary biliary cirrhosis may be associated with all except:

50. Which is true regarding irritable bowel syndrome?