Buzz words: Lumps

Question 1

Punctum, Painless, attached to skin

Answer 1

Sebaceous Cyst

Question 2

Extensor surface, Firm and painless

Hx of Rheumatoid Arthritis

Answer 2

Rheumatoid Nodule

Question 3

Lump on a scar, solid and itchy

Answer 3

Keloid

Question 4

Firm, not fixed

Infection/infiltrative process

Answer 4

Lymph Node

Question 5

Herniation of tendon sheath
Transilluminates
Dorsum of foot/hand

Answer 5

Ganglion

Question 6

Stone in salivary gland
Pain worsened by eating
Swollen, tender, red

Answer 6

Sialolithiasis

Question 7

“Displaces the earlobe”

Facial pain –> compression of CNVII

Answer 7

Parotid Tumour

Question 8

Cholesterol crystals on FNA
Anterior triangle (often 2/3 along
sternocleidomastoid)
Slow growing
Young patient (

Answer 8

Branchial Cyst

Question 9

Mobile side-to-side, not up and down
Anterior triangle
Firm or Soft and pulsatile

Answer 9

Carotid Body Aneurysm

Question 10

Tumour of preganglion cells
Pressure –> dizziness
Pulsatile, bruit
Mobile side-to-side, not up and down

Answer 10

Carotid Body Tumour

Question 11

Uneven borders, Slightly fluctuant

Not fixed to skin/deep structures

Answer 11

Lipoma

Question 12

FLAWS

Painful LN after alcohol

Answer 12

Lymphoma

Question 13

Posterior triangle
Regurgitation, difficulty swallowing
Gurgling, bad breath
Older patient

Answer 13

Pharyngeal Pouch

Question 14

Baby, collection of lymphatics
Transilluminates
Soft & fluctuant

Answer 14

Cystic Hygroma

Question 15

Rubbery

Tingling on pressure

Answer 15

Neurofibroma

Question 16

Large skin abscess

Made up of several boils

Answer 16

Carbuncle

Question 17

Infection of hair follicle

AKA a boil

Answer 17

Furuncle

Question 18

Low-grade tumour from hair follicle

Skin coloured with black central core

Answer 18

Keratoacanthoma