Gastroenterology

1. Which statement is false regarding duodenal ulcer?

2. Among the following drugs, which one is thought to be the safest in pregnancy?

3. Minimal hepatic encephalopathy is classically diagnosed by:

4. Necrolytic migratory erythema is a feature of:

5. Characteristics of anorexia nervosa include all except:

6. Which of the following is not a cause of hyperamylasaemia?

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

8. Which of the following is not included in the list of high-folate diet?

9. Which cardiovascular disorder is not associated with steatorrhoea?

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

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

12. Bentiromide test diagnoses?

13. Intestinal lymphangiectasia is characterised by all except:

14. Chronic gastritis may be associated with all except:

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

16. The presenting feature of non-cirrhotic portal fibrosis is:

17. All of the following produce hypergastrinemia except:

18. Peritonitis may be complicated by all except:

19. Pneumaturia is an established feature of:

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

21. Which of the following does not produce secretory diarrhoea?

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

23. The most sensitive test which detects hepatic involvement in congestive cardiac failure is:

24. Which of the following is not responsible for food poisoning?

25. Acid peptic disease is rarely found in:

26. Commonest cause of duodenal haematoma is:

27. Late dumping syndrome may be manifested by all except:

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

29. Upper GI bleeding, angioid streaks in retina and yellowish skin papules indicate:

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

31. Pseudomembranous colitis is not produced by:

32. Pyrosis is better known as:

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

34. Endopeptidases include all except:

35. Commonest organism causing pyogenic liver abscess is:

36. Which one is false regarding irritable bowel syndrome?

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

38. The commonest type of oral malignancy is:

39. All of the following may cause traveller’s diarrhoea except:

40. The basic defect in coeliac sprue lies in:

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

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

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

Burst abdomen commonly occurs on which post-op day of abdominal surgery?
A. 1st day B. 2nd day
C. 3rd day D. 7th day

45. Tegaserod is used in:

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

47. Which part of the colonic carcinoma is very easily overlooked?

48. Which one is false in granulomatous hepatitis?

49. The most helpful differentiating histological feature between ulcerative colitis and Crohn’s disease by rectal biopsy is:

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