Hydatid liver

Q) Not an indication of surgery in hydatid cyst liver

a) CE2 cyst with multiple daughter cysts

b) Large 10 cm cyst situated peripherally

c) Infected cyst

d) 6 cm asymptomatic cyst

All the following would be seen after splenectomy for hereditary spherocytosis except?

a) Persistence of spherocytosis

b) Anemia

c) Same osmotic fragility

d) Normal life span of erythrocytes

Answer for all members

Primary Sclerosing Cholangitis

Q) Which is not an indication of liver transplantation in primary sclerosing cholangitis?

a) Intractable pruritis

b) Recurrent episodes of cholangitis

c) Cholangiocarcinoma

d) Dominant stricture

Esophageal hiatus hernia

Q) What is type III esophageal hernia? 

a) Paraesophageal hiatus hernia

b) Sliding hiatus hernia

c) Both sliding and paraesophageal hernia

d) Large part of stomach in the mediastinum with pylorus near the esophageal hiatus


Answer  c

Hiatal hernias are protrusion of stomach through a defect in the esophageal hiatus into the mediastinum.

They are of four  types of hiatus hernia

  1. Sliding - GE junction migrates to the mediastinum and rests superior to the diaphragm.
  2. Paraesophgaeal - Part of stomach migrates through the esophageal hiatus into the mediastinum with GE junction remaining at its normal position.

paraesophgeal hiatus hernia

  1. There are IV types of hiatal hernia

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