9.1 Nasopharynx

Question 1

Rhinitis

Answer 1

Inflammation of the nasal mucosa

Question 2

What is the most common cause of rhinitis?

Answer 2

Adenovirus

Question 3

What are the consequences of chronic rhinitis?

Answer 3

Nasal Polyps

Question 4

What should a child with nasal polyps be tested for?

Answer 4

Cystic Fibrosis

Question 5

Besides rhinitis, what else can lead to the development of nasal polyps?

Answer 5

Aspirin Intolerant Asthma

Question 6

Angiofibroma

Answer 6

Benign tumor of nasal mucosa composed of large blood vessels and fibrous tissue

Question 7

What does angiofibroma present as and who does it present in?

Answer 7

• Epistaxis

- Found almost exclusively in adolescent males

Question 8

Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma

Answer 8

Malignant tumor of the nasopharyngeal epithelium

Question 9

What is nasopharyngeal carcinoma associated with and what populations?

Answer 9

• EBV

- Seen in African children and Chinese adults

Question 10

What does the biopsy for nasopharyngeal carcinoma show?

Answer 10

Pleomorphic keratin positive epithelial cells with lymphocytes