buzzwords Flashcards

1
Q

loss of corneal reflex ( + sensorineural hearing loss, vertigo and tinnitus)

A

acoustic neuroma associated with NF2

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2
Q

pearly white on otoscopy and foul cheesy discharge

A

cholesteatoma

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3
Q

how to treat candiida / thrush

A

nyastatin

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4
Q

how to treat diptheria

A

anti-toxin

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5
Q

who has increased risk to diptheria

A

russians

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6
Q

commonest cancer in china / hong kong

A

nasopharngeal cancer

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7
Q

most malignant tumour of oral cavity

A

squamous cell carcinoma

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8
Q

commonest sites of squamous cell carcinoma

A

lateral borders of tongue and floor of mouth

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9
Q

which drug overdose can cause epistaxis

A

anticoagulant

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10
Q

what do thyroglossal cycts do re tongue

A

attached to base of tongue and move when the tongue sticks out

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11
Q

most common place for salolithiasis in men >40

A

submandibular duct

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12
Q

sympoms of salithasis

A

pain and swelling after earing

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13
Q

which are the most common salivary gland tumours

A

pleomorphic adenomas

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14
Q

describe pleomorphic adenomas

A

slow growing
rubbery constistency
potential for malignant change

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15
Q

what are 4 indications for tosillectomy

A

suspected malignancy
OSA due to tonsillar hypertrophy
recurrent tonsilitys - 5 attacks a year for atleaast 2 yeras
quinsy in a patient with a history of recurrent tonsillitis

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16
Q

which drugs are ototoxic

A

aminoglycosides + aspirin

17
Q

what shoudl you do for hoarseness > 3 weeks

A

indirect laryngoscopy

18
Q

newborn baby with stridor

A

laryngomalacia

19
Q

what investigation for preorbital cellulitis

A

CT to indentify any abscess

20
Q

which part of the cochlea do low frequency sounds sitmulate

A

apical regions of cochlea

21
Q

which part of cochlea do high frequency sounds stimulate

A

basal regions

22
Q

type 1 le fort fracture

A

horixontal
most inferior
teeth apices

23
Q

type 2 le fort fracture

A

most superior and splits the base of the skull

24
Q

type 2 and 3 can cause infetction how

A

by disrupting the cribiform plate of the ethmoid bone

infection spreads from nasal cavity and paranasal sinuses into the anterior cranial fossa

25
Q

alport syndrome

A

deafness + kidney failure

26
Q

hoarsness < 3 weeks

A

probs laryngitis

27
Q

where do brachial cysts buldge

A

forward from the middle third of the sternocleidomastoid

28
Q

who gets pharyngeal pouches

A

elderly

male

29
Q

symptoms of pharyngeal pouches

A
dysphagia
hoarse voice
aspiration pneumonia 
cough 
halitosis 
regurgitation