Gastroenterology

1. In HBV infection, which serological maker is present in the ‘window period’ as evidence of recent HBV infection:

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

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

4. Fats are ingested primarily in the form of:

5. Pyloric stenosis may be complicated by:

6. ‘Sago spleen’ is found in:

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

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

9. Gastric diverticula are:

10. The definitive test for diagnosis of haemochromatosis is:

11. The commonest site of carcinoid tumour is:

12. Necrolytic migratory erythema is a feature of:

13. Which one of the following is true regarding pre-sinusoidal portal hypertension:

14. Regarding H. pylori, which statement is false?

15. Pseudomembranous colitis is best treated by:

16. Diarrhoea may be associated with all except:

17. Latent jaundice may be a feature of all except:

18. ‘String sign’ in Crohn’s disease is due to:

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

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

21. Normal portal venous pressure is:

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

23. All of the following are methods for detection of H. pylori except:

24. Non-cirrhotic portal fibrosis may be associated with:

25. Luge gastric folds are seen in all except:

26. Which one is true in relation to Barrett’s oesophagus?

27. Which cardiovascular disorder is not associated with steatorrhoea?

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

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

30. Which vitamin deficiency is commonly seen in Crohn’s disease?

31. All are recognised complications of acute pancreatitis except:

32. Crohn’s disease may be complicated by all except:

33. All the drugs are given at some time in the treatment of carcinoid syndrome except:

34. The major site of bile salt absorption is:

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

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

37. Which one of the following is not a space-occupying disease of liver?

38. The causative agent of tropical sprue is:

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

40. Acid peptic disease is rarely found in:

41. Hepatic rub may be found in:

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

43. The major immunoglobulin in primary biliary cirrhosis is:

44. Treatment of choice in correcting anaemia of ‘blind loop syndrome’ is:

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

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

47. The most common cause of Budd-Chiari syndrome is:

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

49. Commonest organism causing pyogenic liver abscess is:

50. The commonest hepatic lesion in haemochromatosis is: