Bullet Review Flashcards
What % of parotid and submandibular gland calculi are radiopaque on CT scan
1 0% and 90%, respectively.
What percent of parotid and submandibular gland calculi are radiopaque on CT scan?
10% and 80%, respectively.
What % of tympanocentesis specimens are sterile despite apparently active disease
20 - 30%.
What is the incidence of sterile tympanocentesis specimens in the presence of apparently active disease?
20-30%.
What is the minimum systolic arterial pressure required to maintain cerebral perfusion?
50 mm Hg.
Retropharyngeal abscess is most common in what age group?
6 months to 3 years (retropharyngeallymph nodes regress in size after the age of 3).
What is the most common type of tracheoesophageal fistula?
A blind-ending proximal esophageal pouch with a fistula from the lower esophagus to the trachea (85%).
What is rollover?
A decrease in speech discrimination at high intensities suggestive of a retrocochlear lesion.
What is a ranula
A mucous retention cyst involving the sublingual gland in the floor of the mouth characterized by a bluish surface.
An 11-year-old underwent excisional biopsy of a midline cyst adjacent to the hyoid bone. He continues to experience drainage and breakdown of his surgical wound. What is the treatment of choice
A Sistrunk procedure, the definitive procedure for thyroglossal duct cysts.
An infant presents with coughing, choking, and cyanosis during feeding. This clinical triad suggests what process?
A tracheoesophageal fistula.
A patient with HIV presents with gingival pain and a foul mouth odor. Physical examination reveals fever and cervical lymphadenopathy; examination of his oral cavity is shown below. “What is the most likely diagnosis?
Acute necrotizing ulcerative gingivitis, also known as trench mouth or Vincent’s disease. The punched-out ulcerations of the interdental papillae are pathognomonic.
A patient presents with gingival pain and a foul mouth odor. Physical examination reveals fever, lymphadenopathy, bright red gingiva and ulcerated papillae with a gray membrane. What is the most likely diagnosis
Acute necrotizing ulcerative gingivitis; also known as trench mouth or Vincent’s disease.
What is the preferred method of hand hygiene as recommended by the CDC and WHO?
Alcohol-based hand rub except when hands are visibly soiled or after caring for patients with infectious diarrhea, in which soap and water should be used.
Which syndromes are associated with hearing loss and renal abnormalities?
Alport, Branchiootorenal, Fanconi anemia, Turner, and Weil.
What syndromes are associated with hearing loss and renal abnormalities
Alport, Branchiootorenal, Fanconi Anemia, Turner, and Weil.
Six days after parotidectomy, your patient develops a fluid collection at the angle of the mandible. What test would be most helpful in determining the etiology of the fluid
Amylase (to differentiate between sialocele and seroma).
What disorder is characterized by deficiency of C1-esterase inhibitor?
Angioneurotic edema.
Acute, branching, septate hyphae are characteristic of which fungus
Aspergillus fumigatus.
Why is facial electroneurography (ENoG) an unreliable prognostic indicator more than 3 weeks after the onset of facial paralysis
Asynchronous discharge from regenerating nerve fibers can give a false-positive or false-negative report of nerve status.
In the tonotopic organization of the cochlea, where are the low frequencies located
At the cochlear apex.
What is the treatment for alar retraction of> 2 mm?
Auricular microcomposite graft.
What laboratory values are abnormal in patients with von Willebrand’s disease
Bleeding time and PTT.
Where is verrucous carcinoma most likely to arise?
Buccal mucosa.
What is the most common complication of the phenol peel?
Cardiotoxicity.
A 45-year-old man presents with a neck mass anterior to the sternocleidomastoid muscle. The mass is mobile laterally but not vertically. T1 MRI shows a soft tissue mass at the level of the carotid bifurcation that displaces the internal carotid artery posteriorly and the external carotid artery anteriorly. The mass enhances intensely and homogenously with gadolinium. What is the tumor?
Carotid body tumor.
What diagnosis must be investigated in a patient presenting with pulsating exophthalmos?
Carotid-cavernous fistula.
What diagnosis must be investigated in a patient presenting with pulsating exophthalmos
Carotid-cavernous fistula.
What is the most common cause of chronic cervical adenopathy in children and adolescents
Cat-scratch disease.
An ill-appearing patient presents with a fever of 103°F, bilateral chemosis, third nerve palsy, and sinusitis. What is the most likely diagnosis?
Cavernous sinus thrombosis.
An ill-appearing patient presents with a fever of 103 °F, bilateral chemosis, 3rd nerve palsy and sinusitis. What is the most likely diagnosis
Cavernous sinus thrombosis.
What cell bodies are contained within the geniculate ganglion
Cell bodies of somatic and visceral afferents of the mucous membranes of the nose, palate, and pharynx through the greater superficial petrosal nerve.
What tumors are physaliferous cells seen in?
Chordomas.
What is a hamartoma?
Circumscribed overgrowth of tissues, normally present in that part of the body.
What fungus produces a granulomatous tissue reaction and can cause the triad of pneumonitis, erythema nodosum, and arthralgias known as valley fever?
Coccidioidomycosis.
Which autoimmune disease causes both sensorineural hearing loss and interstitial keratitis?
Cogan’s syndrome.
What are the components of the CHARGE sequence?
Coloboma, heart defects, choanal atresia, retarded growth, genital hypoplasia, and ear anomalies.
What muscles create vertical glabellar rhytids?
Corrugator supercilii muscles.
Between what structures does a Killian-Jamieson dehiscence occur
Cricopharyngeus and circular fibers of the esophagus.
What is the etiology of a nasal dermal sinus?
Defective obliteration of the dural projection through the foramen cecum and entrapment of epithelium as the dural tract resorbs.
What bacterium is associated with rhinophyma?
Demodex follicularis.
What bacterium is associated with rhinophyma?
Demodex follicularis.
Which mandibular cyst forms around impacted molars?
Dentigerous cysts.
In a child with bilateral congenital aural atresia, how is normal sensorineural hearing confirmed in the ear to be operated on first
Detection of an ipsilateral wave I on bone conduction ABR.
What is the basic structure of IgA?
Dimer.
What part of the nerve unit is affected by Wallerian degeneration?
Distal axon to the motor end plate and proximal axon to the first node of Ranvier.
What part of the nerve unit is affected by Wallerian degeneration
Distal axon to the motor end plate and proximal axon to the I 51 node of Ranvier.
What is the most common presenting symptom in patients with Zenker’s diverticulum?
Dysphagia.
What is the most common complication ofblepharoplasty?
Ectropion.
What is the most common complication of blepharoplasty
Ectropion.
What is Griesinger’s sign?
Edema and tenderness over the mastoid cortex associated with thrombosis of the mastoid emissary vein secondary to lateral sinus thrombosis.
According to the Spaulding classification system, what level of disinfection must be used on endoscopes?
Endoscopes are considered “semi-critical” and require high-level disinfection prior to reuse.
What is the treatment of choice for granular cell tumor of the larynx?
Endoscopic excision.
What is the treatment of choice for bullous myringitis
Erythromycin.
A 3-year-old boy presents with a midline anterior neck mass just below the hyoid bone that moves with deglutition and tongue protrusion. What is believed to be the cause of this congenital mass
Failure of complete obliteration of the thyroglossal duct.
Why is it important to wear a face mask when inserting a catheter or injecting material into the epidural or subdural space?
Failure to wear face masks during these procedures has resulted in the development of bacterial meningitis in patients undergoing these procedures.
True/False: Most acoustic neuromas are inherited on chromosome 22.
False.
T/F: Most acoustic neuromas are inherited on chromosome 22
False.
T/F: A patient can lose more of the upper lip than the lower lip without cosmetic problems
False. Up to one-third of the lower lip can be avulsed or debrided and the patient may still have an acceptable cosmetic appearance. The upper lip is less forgiving due to the relationship with the columella, alar bases and philtrum.