Gastroenterology

1. Ulcerative colitis involves the rectal mucosa in:

2. Which of the following clotting factors retains its activity in hepatocellular disorder?

3. What is true about Weil’s disease?

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

5. The commonest cause of chronic relapsing pancreatitis is:

6. Halitosis is present in all except:

7. The Zollinger-Ellison syndrome is reported in association with all of the following except:

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

9. Spider naevi:

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

11. Pyrosis is better known as:

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

13. Crohn’s disease may produce all of the following except:

14. Giardia lamblia infestation produces a syndrome mimicking:

15. NSAID-induced ulcers are best treated by:

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

17. All of the following can be associated with obstructive jaundice except:

18. Water is minimally absorbed from:

19. Luge gastric folds are seen in all except:

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

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

22. Which statement is false regarding duodenal ulcer?

23. The most reliable method of measuring steatorrhoea is:

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

25. One of the earliest manifestations of cystic fibrosis is:

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

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

28. Which segment of the Gl tract is most susceptible to volvulus?

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

30. All are major components of intestinal gas except:

31. The commonest cause of post-transfusion hepatitis is:

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

33. Acid peptic disease is rarely found in:

34. Which of the following infections may produce features like cardiospasm?

35. All of the following may be the aetiology of Budd-Chiari syndrome except:

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

37. High transaminase levels may be found in all except:

38. Carcinoid syndrome is commonly produced, when the site of primary tumour is present in:

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

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

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

42. Tropical sprue may be associated with all except:

43. A patient is having an isolated elevation of serum alkaline phosphatase. The next test to be performed is:

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

45. Crohn’s disease is caused by:

46. Which of the following surgical procedures in peptic ulcers most commonly give rise to recurrent ulceration?

47. Pyloric stenosis may be complicated by:

48. Regarding angiodysplasia of colon, which one is false?

49. Gum hypertrophy is not a feature of:

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