Gastroenterology
10 questions from previous SS exams
2025
a) Virtual chromoendoscopy. [4] b) Role of red dichromatic imaging (RDI) in ulcerative colitis. [3] c) Boston bowel preparation scale. [3]
a) Mesenteric cyst. [4] b) Tubercular peritonitis. [3] c) Peritoneal carcinomatosis. [3]
a) Resectability criteria for pancreatic cancer. [4] b) Palliative therapy in pancreatic cancer. [3] c) Screening protocol for pancreatic cancer: present status. [3]
a) Role of palliative stenting (SEMS) in colonic cancer. [3] b) Endoscopic management of chronic radiation colitis. [3] c) Newer therapies for refractory perianal fistula. [4]
a) Body surface gastric mapping. [3] b) Narrow band imaging (NBI): simplified classification for gastric lesions. [4] c) Endotherapy in malignant gastric outlet obstruction. [3]
a) HCV syndrome. [2] b) Tyrosine kinase inhibitors in GIST. [3] c) Role of EUS in the diagnosis of GIST. [2] d) Genomic profiling in GIST. [3]
a) CA 19-9. [3] b) Diagnosing perihilar cholangiocarcinoma - Multimodality sampling. [4] c) Role of endobiliary ablation therapies in cholangiocarcinoma. [3]
Describe histopathologic findings of: a) Celiac disease. [2] b) Tropical sprue. [2] c) Autoimmune enteropathy. [2] d) Abetalipoproteinemia. [2] e) Common variable immuno-deficiency (CVID). [2]
a) Describe structures visualized in EUS at various GI stations: i) GE junction. [2] ii) Pylorus. [2] iii) Duodenum 1st part. [2] b) EUS guided hepatico-gastrostomy. [4]
a) Optoacoustic endoscopy of GI tract. [3] b) Management of IBD in pregnancy. [4] c) Immunoproliferative small intestinal disease (IPSID). [3]