Benign Liver Conditions
- Previous year questions on Benign Liver Conditions for NEET PG (National Eligibility cum Entrance Test - Postgraduate), from the Surgery section of the exam.
- Most questions here come from previous-year papers of Indian postgraduate medical entrance and licensing exams; where a paper and year are recorded the question carries them. The image-based questions are original vignettes written around an openly licensed figure, and were never asked in any exam.
- 22 live questions in Benign Liver Conditions.
- 2 of 22 questions carry a verified exam year: 2017, 2018.
- Surgery is worth about 25 of 300 questions on the exam. See every subject’s weightage.
- Question set last updated 6 Sept 2026.
Q1.Treatment of choice for simple cyst of liver:
- APercutaneous drainage
- BCysto-enterostomy
- CDeroofing✓ Correct answer
- DAspiration
Q2.A 6 - year - old child is brought with high fever with rigors for 5 days with pain in right hypochonrium. On examination patient is anicteric and tenderness is noted in right upper quadrant. What is best investigation for this case?
- AUSG✓ Correct answer
- BSerology
- CSGOT/LFT
- DCECT
Q3.The gold standard for diagnosis of echinococcal cyst is
- AX-ray
- BCT scan✓ Correct answer
- CUSG
- DELISA
Q4.Budd Chiari syndrome is due to thrombosis of ?
- AInfra renal IVC
- BRenal part of IVC
- CSuperior mesenteric vein thrombosis
- DHepatic veins✓ Correct answer
Q5.Not an indication for PAIR treatment in hydatid cyst
- ASize > 5 cm
- BMultiloculated
- CCyst in lung✓ Correct answer
- DRecurrence after surgery
Q6.Which of the following statement is true regarding pyogenic liver abscess?
- ADiagnosis can be confirmed by serological test
- BRadiographic features are diagnostic
- CUsually a large and single abscess is seen in cases of direct spread✓ Correct answer
- DSystemic manifestations are uncommon
Q7.False about hydatid cyst of liver
- AHepatic resection is never done✓ Correct answer
- BLaparoscopic aspiration of cyst is performed
- CMost commonly located in the right liver
- DMostly asymptomatic
Q8.In pyogenic liver abscess commonest route of spread is -
- AHematogenous through poal vein.
- BAscending infection through biliary tract✓ Correct answer
- CHepatic aery
- DLocal spread
Q9.Which of the following is not true about hydatid cyst of liver?
- ASurgical management is done
- BConservative treatment is effective in elderly with small cyst
- CMostly in left lobe✓ Correct answer
- DCT shows Ring like calcification .
Q10.A pregnant patient is in her first trimester comes with amoebic liver abscess. What is the preferred treatment
- AMetronidazole
- BDiloxanide furoate
- CChloroquine
- DAspiration✓ Correct answer
Answer key
Q1: C. Deroofing; Q2: A. USG; Q3: B. CT scan; Q4: D. Hepatic veins; Q5: C. Cyst in lung; Q6: C. Usually a large and single abscess is seen in cases of direct spread; Q7: A. Hepatic resection is never done; Q8: B. Ascending infection through biliary tract; Q9: C. Mostly in left lobe; Q10: D. Aspiration.
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