Gastroenterology

1. Which one of the following originates from non-beta islet cell tumour of the pancreas?

2. The definitive test for diagnosis of haemochromatosis is:

3. Regarding non-alcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH), all are true except:

4. Pseudomembranous colitis is not produced by:

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

6. The commonest cause of pancreatic calcification is:

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

8. All of the following produce “sub-total villous atrophy’ except:

9. If an intestinal biopsy is not possible, the diagnosis of Whipple’s disease can be made by:

10. Water is minimally absorbed from:

11. Regarding melena, which statement is false?

12. Melanosis coli indicates:

13. Diarrhoea may be associated with all except:

14. The commonest extraintestinal complication of ulcerative colitis is:

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

16. Treatment modalities of Wilson’s disease include all except:

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

18. All are major components of intestinal gas except:

19. Which of the following clotting factors is not produced in the liver?

20. Superficial venous flow in portal hypertension is:

21. Secretin is produced in largest quantities in:

22. All of the following are true regarding diverticulitis except:

23. Congenital hepatic fibrosis may be associated with:

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

25. Pneumaturia is an established feature of:

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

27. Anti-saccharomyces cerevisiae antibody (ASCA) is classically present in:

28. Which statement is false regarding duodenal ulcer?

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

30. Which one of the following is false regarding type B hepatitis serology?

31. Michaelis-Gutmann bodies are found in:

32. Mallory-Weiss syndrome is commonly seen accompanying:

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

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

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

36. All of the following are examples of psychiatric illness associated with profound weight loss except:

37. Manometric study of the lower oesophagus is important in all except:

38. Anti-LKM1 antibodies (liver-kidney microsomes) are seen in infection with:

39. Which light source produces best photodecomposition of bilirubin?

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

41. Macroglossia is not found in:

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

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

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

45. Tegaserod is used in:

46. All of the following produce hypergastrinemia except:

47. Which of the following infections commonly produces hepatic granuloma?

48. Giardia lamblia infestation produces a syndrome mimicking:

49. ‘Sago spleen’ is found in:

50. Pyloric stenosis may be complicated by: