Gastroenterology

1. All are characteristic features of Wilson’s disease except:

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

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

4. Silvery stool signifies a lesion characteristic of:

5. Acute pancreatitis is not associated with:

6. The commonest cause of colonic obstruction is:

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

8. Pneumaturia is an established feature of:

9. The valvular heart disease common in carcinoid syndrome is:

10. The best single diagnostic test for cystic fibrosis is:

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

12. Fatty liver may be produced by:

13. Which one is false in granulomatous hepatitis?

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

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

16. Mallory-Weiss syndrome is commonly seen accompanying:

17. The Kayser-Fleischer (KF) ring is:

18. WBC in stool is not found in:

19. Octreotide can be used in all except:

20. Faecal assay of alpha1-antitrypsin clinches the diagnosis of:

21. The commonest complaint by a patient with Ca rectum is:

22. The commonest cause of pancreatic calcification is:

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

24. Whipple’s triad is found in:

25. Regarding ulcerative colitis, which is true?

26. Regarding Meckel’s diverticulum, which one is false?

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

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

29. Giardia lamblia infestation produces a syndrome mimicking:

30. The most reliable method of measuring steatorrhoea is:

31. Hepatic amoebiasis is associated with all except:

32. A patient with severe malabsorption having fever, hepatosplenomegaly, lymphadenopathy, sacroiliitis and increased skin pigmentation is probably suffering from:

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

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

35. The major immunoglobulin in primary biliary cirrhosis is:

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

37. Pruritus associated with cholestasis is mostly seen:

38. Malabsorption may produce all of the following except:

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

40. Which of the following may develop into intestinal lymphoma?

41. All of the following protozoa! infections produce diarrhoea in a patient of AIDS except:

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

43. Normal portal venous pressure is:

44. Continued infectivity in HBV infection is diagnosed by:

45. Weil’s disease is associated with:

46. Endopeptidases include all except:

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

48. Granulomatous hepatitis is not a feature of:

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

50. Peritonitis may be complicated by all except: