Gastroenterology

1. The commonest extraintestinal complication of ulcerative colitis is:

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

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

4. Regarding ischaemic colitis, which one is true?

5. Symptoms of carcinoma of the left colon include all except:

6. Elevation in 5-HIAA (5 hydroxy-indole acetic acid) in urine is found in all except:

7. All are examples of APUDomas except:

8. Acid peptic disease is rarely found in:

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

10. All of the following enzymes may be normally found in stool except:

11. Which site of gastric carcinoma is easily overlooked. by barium meal study?

12. Tropical sprue may be associated with all except:

13. Weil’s disease is associated with:

14. Fatty liver may be produced by:

15. Secretory diarrhoea has no association with:

16. Normal portal venous pressure is:

17. Oral contraceptive pills may have a hepatic lesion in the form of all except:

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

19. Which of the following is not responsible for food poisoning?

20. Botulism may be associated with all of the following except:

21. All are causes of chylous ascites except:

22. Which one is false regarding irritable bowel syndrome?

23. Acute pancreatitis is not associated with:

24. Atypical chest pain of reflux oesophagitis is very often precipitated by:

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

26. Malignant potential is least in:

27. Aerophagia is commonly found in all except:

28. Commonest cause of duodenal haematoma is:

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

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

31. Which is not a member of familial non-haemolytic hyperbilirubinaemia?

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

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

34. Constipation may develop from all except:

35. The causative agent of tropical sprue is:

36. NSAID-induced ulcers are best treated by:

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

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

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

40. Superficial venous flow in portal hypertension is:

41. The definitive test for diagnosis of haemochromatosis is:

42. Congenital hepatic fibrosis may be associated with:

43. Minimal hepatic encephalopathy is classically diagnosed by:

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

45. Which of the following is false according to Ranson/Imrie criteria in acute pancreatitis for adversely affecting survival on admission?

46. The commonest manifestation of radiation proctitis is:

47. Incidence of stress ulcers in acutely traumatised patients is:

48. Menetrier’s disease may have all of the following except:

49. Regarding melena, which statement is false?

50. The major site of bile salt absorption is: