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The auditory meatus and external canal are lined by what?

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Epidermis (skin)

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What glands are found along the auditory meatus and external canal?

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Sebaceous and ceruminous glands

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What type of mucosa lines the middle ear?

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Columnar mucosa (glandular)

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What is the nasal vestibule lined by?

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Keratinised stratified squamous epithelium

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What are the majority of the nose and the sinuses lined by?

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Respiratory epithelium- pseudo stratified ciliated columnar which is mucus secreting

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What two types of epithelium can be found in the throat?

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Respiratory or squamous, depending on the site

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What type of glands are salivary glands? What two components do they have?

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Exocrine glands with acinar and ductular components.

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What is otitis media?

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Inflammation of the middle ear

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Is otitis media more likely to be bacterial or viral?

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Viral

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If otitis media is bacterial, what are some organisms which can cause it?

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Strep Pneumoniae, H. Influenzae, Moraxella Catarrhalis

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What organism is most likely to be the cause of chronic otitis media?

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Pseudomonas Aeruginosa

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Where can cholesteatoma occur?

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Superior posterior middle ear and/or petrous apex

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Give two causes of cholesteatoma?

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Chronic otitis media or perforated tympanic membrane

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What is the abnormality which occurs in cholesteatoma?

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There is abnormally situated squamous epithelium in the middle ear with high cell turnover and abundant keratin

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Vestibular Schwannoma is associated with what nerve?

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The vestibular nerve (part of CNVIII)

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Within which bone does vestibular schwannoma occur?

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Temporal

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95% of cases of vestibular schwannoma are?

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Sporadic and unilateral

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What should be considered in a patient with bilateral vestibular schwannoma who is young?

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Neurofibromatosis Type 2

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How is type 2 neurofibromatosis inherited?

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Autosomal dominant (but usually sporadic)

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Which is more common, NF1 or NF2?

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NF1

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What gene is affected in NF2?

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NF2 gene which encodes the merlin protein (tumour suppressor)

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Give 4 features of NF2?

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Bilateral vestibular schwannoma, multiple meningiomas, gliomas and cafe au lait macules

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Who are unlikely to get nasal polyps?

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Children

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What should be considered in a young patient with nasal polyps?

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CF

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Give some examples of causes of nasal polyps?
Allergy, infection, asthma, aspirin sensitivity
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What is allergic rhinitis/sinusitis mediated by?
IgE
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Who does GPA tend to affect?
White patients > 40
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Patients with GPA will be positive for what?
cANCA
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Give two examples of benign tumours of the nose?
Squamous papillomas, angiofibromas
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What is the most common malignant lesion in the nose?
Squamous cell carcinoma
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Where has a high incidence of nasopharyngeal carcinoma? Which sex is this most common in?
Far East- more common in males
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Nasopharyngeal carcinoma has a very strong association with what?
Epstein-Barr virus
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Where does Epstein-Barr virus affect?
Epithelial cells of the oropharynx and B cells
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The Epstein-Barr virus encodes EBNA-2, activating ? to promote transition from ?
Cyclin D, G0-G1
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What happens in a laryngeal polyp?
There is a reactive change in laryngeal mucosa secondary to vocal abuse, infection or smoking
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What endocrine condition can laryngeal polyps occur in?
Hypothyroidism
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Who are laryngeal nodules usually seen in and where?
Younger women, usually bilateral on the middle-posterior 1/3rds of the vocal cords
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Are laryngeal polyps usually unilateral or bilateral?
Unilateral
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What is a benign response to injury which can occur in the throat?
Contact ulcer
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Give 3 causes of a contact ulcer?
Chronic throat, GORD, vocal abuse
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When are the two peak incidences of squamous papilloma in the throat?
< 5 years, and 20-40 years
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Squamous papilloma in the throat is related to what?
HPV types 6 and 11
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In which group of people is squamous papilloma a more aggressive disease?
Children
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What are paraganglioma?
Clusters of neuroendocrine cells dispersed through the body
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What two types of paraganglioma exist?
Chromaffin positive and non-chromaffin
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In chromaffin positive paraganglioma, what can the sympathetic nervous secrete?
Chatecholamines
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Where do chromaffin positive paragangliomas usually occur?
Adrenal medulla or paravertebral
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Where are some areas where non-chromaffin paragangliomas are likely to occur?
Carotid/aortic bodies, nose, nasopharynx, larynx, orbit
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What age group is most likely to be affected by non-chromaffin paraganglioma?
Can occur at any age but most commonly > 50
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Non-chromaffin paraganglioma can occur as part of what genetic condition?
MENII
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If non-chromaffin paraganglioma is inherited, how does this occur? How is it more likely to present?
Autosomal dominant- usually multiple and a higher chance of being malignant
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What is the major cancer of the head and neck? What are the major risk factors for this?
Squamous cell carcinoma- smoking and alcohol
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Squamous cell cancers associated with HPV are most likely to be where? What type of HPV is most commonly the cause?
Oropharynx / Type 16
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How does HPV cause squamous cell carcinoma?
Produces E6 and E7 proteins which disrupt p53 and Rb respectively
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What is sialolithiasis?
Salivary gland stones
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What does paramyxovirus cause?
Mumps causing bilateral parotitis
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Which salivary gland is the most common site for tumours?
Parotid
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Are tumours in smaller salivary glands more likely to be benign or malignant?
Malignant
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If someone is young and presenting with a painful mass in a salivary gland, what should you be thinking about?
Malignancy
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What is the most common tumour of a salivary gland?
Pleomorphic adenoma
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A pleomorphic adenoma can occur in anyone at any age, but what is the most common presentation?
Females > 60 in the parotid gland with a long history
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What is the risk of malignant transformation with a pleomorphic adenoma?
There is a risk if it is longstanding
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Warthin's tumours of the salivary glands are most likely to affect who?
Males > 50
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Warthin's tumours are rare outside which salivary gland? They have a strong association with what?
Rare outside the parotid- strong association with smoking
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What is the most common malignant tumour of the salivary glands in the UK?
Adenoid cystic carcinoma
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Adenoid cystic carcinoma is the most common tumour of where?
The palate
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A Mickey Mouse like cell is most likely to be what?
Eosinophil
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A round, dark purple cell with no cytoplasm is most likely to be what?
Lymphocyte
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A tumour producing keratin is most likely to be what?
SCC
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What cell signifies acute inflammation?
Neutrophil
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What cells signify chronic inflammation?
Lymphocytes and macrophages
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On histology, areas which look like twiglets are most likely to be?
Fungi
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On histology, finger like projections are?
Papillomas
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What do darkening, shrinking cells on histology signify?
Necrosis
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HPV associated SCC in the tonsils will usually present in who?
A young, healthy individual

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