Pulmonology

1. Eggshell calcification in chest X-ray is characteristic of:

2. Broncholithiasis is usually a late complication of some infections; which does not fall in this group?

3. All of the following are complicated by cyanosis except:

4. Exposure to rodents may be associated with pneumonia caused by:

5. Bilateral parotid enlargement is seen in all except:

6. Diminished glucose in pleural fluid is seen in all except:

7. Which is an example of exudative pleural effusion?

8. ‘Closing volume’ of the lung is increased in:

9. Clubbing is present in all except:

10. Monophonic rhonchi are classically found in:

11. Pure O₂ therapy may produce all of the following except:

12. Cryptogenic fibrosing alveolitis may be associated with all except:

13. Thymoma may be associated with all except:

14. Hysterical hyperventilation may be manifested by all except:

15. Which of the following is not a recognised ocular complication of sarcoidosis?

16. Bilateral hilar lymphadenopathy, ankle arthritis and erythema nodosum in sarcoidosis is known as:

17. Malt worker’s lung is caused by:

18. The commonest cause of superior mediastinal syndrome is:

19. Mantoux test may be negative in all except:

20. The commonest cause of respiratory failure is:

21. Acute pulmonary oedema may develop after consumption of all except:

22. The cranial nerve most commonly affected in sarcoidosis is:

23. Haemoptysis is characteristically seen in all except:

24. Laennec’s pearls and Curschmann’s spirals in sputum are characteristically seen in:

25. The commonest cause of death in sarcoidosis is:

26. The commonest benign pulmonary neoplasm is:

27. Which of the following is false regarding ‘ageing’?

28. Which of the following is not associated with interstitial lung disease?

29. All of the following drugs may produce fibrosing alveolitis except:

30. Asbestosis is not related to:

31. Caplan’s syndrome is coal worker’s pneumoconiosis associated with:

32. All are causes of pseudoclubbing except:

33. Regarding hypoventilation, all are true except:

34. Hemorrhagic pleural effusion is not characteristic of:

35. Hepatopulmonary syndrome is characterised by all except:

36. The commonest middle mediastinal mass is:

37. All of the following may aggravate bronchial asthma except:

38. Stridor is characteristically found in:

39. Predominantly left-sided pleural effusion is seen in:

40. Characteristics of Mycoplasma pneumoniae pneumonia are all except:

41. Lung abscess is not a complication of:

42. A patient with hemoptysis and having a depressed bridge of the nose points towards:

43. The commonest histologic variety of bronchogenic carcinoma is:

44. Bilateral hyper translucency in chest X-ray (PA view) is seen in all except:

45. Which of the following is not on the list of bedside severity assessments of bronchial asthma?

46. Impairment of oxygen diffusion is seen in all except:

47. Bronchoscopy was first described by:

48. Expectoration of chalky sediments with gritty particles are diagnostic of:

49. Lovibond’ s angle is approximately:

50. ‘Monday dyspnea’ is classically described in: