ENT

Question 1

FeverPAIN scoring

Answer 1

Temperature
Presenting within 3 days
Tonsillar exudate
Cervical lymphadenopathy
Severely inflammed tonsils

Question 2

Nasal polyps associated with…..

Answer 2

Kartagener’s syndrome

Question 3

Positive Rinnes, Weber’s localises to the left

Answer 3

Right sensorineural hearing loss

Question 4

Negative Rinnes, Weber’s localises to the left

Answer 4

Left conductive hearing loss

Question 5

Meniere’s disease triad

Answer 5

Hearing loss, vertigo, tinnitus

Question 6

Most common hearing loss in the young

Answer 6

Ostosclerosis (conductive hearing loss)

Question 7

First line treatment for allergic rhinitis

Answer 7

Oral cetirizine

Question 8

2 areas where Epistaxis occurs?

Answer 8

1. Anterior: Kiesselbach’s plexus (secondary to trauma)
2. Posterior: Sphenopalatine artery (HTN)

Question 9

Chronic sinusitis symptoms

Answer 9

Runny nose, facial pain, loss of smell

Question 10

Aspirin exacerbated respiratory disease

Answer 10

Asthma, nasal polyps, rhinosinusitis

Question 11

Child with recurrent ear infections, retracted eardrums, hearing loss, speech delay

Answer 11

Glue ear (otitis media with effusion)

Question 12

Treatment of salivary gland stone

Answer 12

NSAIDs and referral to ENT

Question 13

Most common thyroid cancer?

Answer 13

Papillary carcinoma

Question 14

Thyroid cancer most associated with lung mets?

Answer 14

Follicular carcinoma

Question 15

Most aggressive thyroid cancer?

Answer 15

Anaplastic

Question 16

Drugs that cause dry mouth?

Answer 16

Antihistamines, Phenothiazides, anphetamines

Question 17

Recurrent episodes of cartilage inflammation particularly of the nose and ears

Answer 17

Relapsing polychondritis

Question 18

Rapidly growing lesions, volcano/crate like centre

Answer 18

Keratoacanthoma

Question 19

Small tender nodule on ear

Answer 19

Chondrodermatitis nodularis

Question 20

Investigation for suspected salivary stone

Answer 20

X-ray Sialogram