Gastroenterology

1. Which of the following is not a variety of osmotic diarrhoea?

2. Calcification of spleen is seen in:

3. The most specific treatment in coeliac sprue is:

4. All of the following may be associated with hypoglobulinaemia except:

5. Commonest cause of duodenal haematoma is:

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

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

8. Auto-vagotomy may be observed in:

9. Commonest organism causing pyogenic liver abscess is:

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

11. Normal portal venous pressure is:

12. Among the undermentioned liver function tests, which one is least likely to be impaired during normal pregnancy?

13. Hirschsprung’s disease is not manifested by:

14. Which of the following bile acids is virtually absent in advanced cirrhosis of liver?

15. The commonest hepatic lesion in haemochromatosis is:

16. Gastrin is predominantly secreted from:

17. Which of the following primaries is uncommonly associated with bony metastasis?

18. Which of the following is false regarding Gaucher’s disease?

19. The smallest absorbing unit of the small intestinal mucosa is:

20. Portal hypertension associated with soft liver suggests:

21. All of the following produce invasive diarrhoea except:

22. Silvery stool signifies a lesion characteristic of:

23. The most reliable screening test for patients suffering from malabsorption is:

24. Minimal free fluid in the abdomen that can be picked up by ultrasonography is:

25. NSAID-induced ulcers are best treated by:

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

27. Pseudomembranous colitis is best treated by:

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

29. Tegaserod is used in:

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

31. Secretory diarrhoea has no association with:

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

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

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

35. Which of the following immunoglobulins may be depressed in Giardia lamblia infestation?

36. Hyperdefaecation is found in all except:

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

38. Which one of the following is not an ocular complication of ulcerative colitis?

39. Superficial venous flow in portal hypertension is:

40. Endopeptidases include all except:

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

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

43. Regarding diffuse oesophageal spasm, which of the following is true?

44. Granulomatous hepatitis is not a feature of:

45. Which is not true so far as definition of cirrhosis of liver is concerned?

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

47. Mallory-Weiss syndrome is commonly seen accompanying:

48. Regarding ulcerative colitis, which is true?

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

50. The Zollinger-Ellison syndrome is associated with all of the following except: