Pulmonology

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

2. Which is not a part of ‘Kartagener’s syndrome’?

3. The commonest posterior mediastinal tumour is:

4. Non-cardiogenic pulmonary oedema is seen in all except:

5. Malt worker’s lung is caused by:

6. The commonest benign pulmonary neoplasm is:

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

8. Allergic bronchopulmonary aspergillosis (ABPA) occurs in:

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

10. The commonest cause of acute cor pulmonale is:

11. The commonest middle mediastinal mass is:

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

13. The earliest sign of clubbing is:

14. Viral pneumonia may have:

15. Nocturnal cough is classically found in all except:

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

17. Thymoma may be associated with all except:

18. Characteristic body in sarcoidosis is:

1.  B.
2.  D. Schaumann bodies

19. The commonest cause of superior mediastinal syndrome is:

20. Which variety of lung carcinoma is most commonly associated with hypercalcaemia?

21. The commonest cause of death in sarcoidosis is:

22. Stridor is characteristically found in:

23. The dome of the diaphragm is elevated in:

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

25. Bronchoalveolar lavage is indicated in the evaluation of:

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

27. alpha-fetoprotein concentration in blood is raised in all except:

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

29. Lung abscess is not a complication of:

30. In performing a chest X-ray (PA view), the tube-film distance should be:

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

32. Farmer’s lung is caused by:

33. Commonest cause of hypertrophic osteoarthropathy is:

34. Which is false regarding transudative pleural effusion?

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

36. The next step in a patient with haemoptysis with a non-conclusive chest X-ray is:

37. Monophonic rhonchi are classically found in:

38. Chest X-ray shows miliary mottling in all except:

39. All are commonly seen in Legionella pneumophilia-induced pneumonia except:

40. Silo-filler’s disease is the inhalation of:

41. Which of the following antituberculosis drugs should be completely avoided during pregnancy?

42. Which is false regarding emphysema?

43. Low-dose aspirin is contraindicated in all except:

44. Which of the following is not a neurological paraneoplastic syndrome of bronchogenic carcinoma?

45. Crepitations uninfluenced by coughing are found in:

46. Restriction of bilateral chest movement is found in all except:

47. Brassy cough is seen in:

48. Farmers’ lung is caused by:

49. Hypercarbia is associated with:

50. Which of the following does not belong to the triad of symptomatic bronchial asthma?