Lange - ENT/Endo

Question 0

Chokehold can conjure what nerve? Produces what symptoms?

Answer 0

Reurrent laryngeal nerve

Difficulty breathing

Question 1

Trumpet player complains of intermittent hoarseness – likely cause? Management?

Answer 1

Prolapse of mucosa overlying vocal cords (ventricle of Morgagni)

Laryngoscopy and excision of protruding mucosa

Question 2

Injury to superior laryngeal nerve may cause?

Answer 2

Lower voice, difficulty swallowing

Question 3

Papillary cystadenoma lymphomatosum – a.k.a.? Present as?

Answer 3

Warthin’s tumor; Growth of germinal centers in epithelium

Question 4

Most common tumor of the parotid gland?

Answer 4

Pleomorphic adenoma

Question 5

Mikulicz’s disease?

Answer 5

Chronic inflammation and swelling of the salivary glands

Question 6

Patient with dissecting thoracic aneurysm – first step in treatment?

Answer 6

Control hypertension (before thoracotomy)

Question 7

Tracheobronchial toilet?

Answer 7

Suctioning of the respiratory tract to clear it

Question 8

Bronchopulmonary sequestration versus bronchogenic cyst?

Answer 8

Nonfunctioning lung tissue disconnected from long with separate blood supply

Versus

Mediastinal cysts with air and mucus

Question 9

Glomus tumor? Symptoms?

Answer 9

Tumors that arise in middle ear or jugular bulb

Tinnitus and hearing loss

Question 10

Three major openings in the diaphragm?

Answer 10

I ate(8) 10 Eggs At noon (12)

IVC at T8
Esophagus at T10
Aorta at T12

Question 11

Treatment for tracheostenosis?

Answer 11

Resection (up to 50% review resected)

Question 12

Ameloblastoma? do not treat with? Histology?

Answer 12

Benign tumor at the junction of the body and Remus of the mandible

Radiation

Odontogenic epithelium with extensive areas of cystic degeneration

Question 13

Lymphoepithelioma?

Answer 13

Posterior-third tongue tumor

Question 14

Nasopharyngeal carcinoma – associated with? First nerve affected?

Answer 14

EBV; CN6

Question 15

Verrucus carcinoma of the upper aerodigestive tract - Usual location? Associated with? Treatment?

Answer 15

Gingival-buccal junction; tobacco chewing; excision

Question 16

Juvenile nasopharyngeal hemangioma fiber – occurs exclusively in? If untreated can?

Answer 16

Boys; destroy surrounding bone

Question 17

Continue to thirds of the tongue get sensation of taste from what nerves?

Answer 17

Corda tympani (facial nerve) and lingual nerve

Question 18

Odynophagia? Usual cause?

Answer 18

Sharp retrosternal pain on swallowing; normal flora, Candida, herpes, corrosive injury

Question 19

Usual source of bleeding in epistaxis?

Answer 19

Posterior nasal septum

Question 20

Nerve that, when cut, causes lower pitched voice?

Answer 20

External branch of superior laryngeal nerve

Question 21

Cysts that arise along fusion of embryonic parts?

Answer 21

Dermoid cysts

Question 22

Most common tumor of the parotid?

Answer 22

Benign mixed tumor (pleomorphic adenoma)