Chapter 25: Head and Neck- Nasal Cavity and Sinuses

Question 1

General term for inflammation of the mucous membranes of the nasal cavity and sinuses- can be caused by a variety of agents

Answer 1

Rhinitis

Question 2

True or False: The most common cause of acute rhinitis is due to viral infection

Answer 2

True

Question 3

This type of rhinitis is caused by allergens binding to IgE on mast cells in the nasal mucosa

Answer 3

Allergic rhinitis (commonly called Hay Fever)

Question 4

Repeated bouts of allergic rhinitis leading to persistent hyperemia, mucosal gland hyperplasia, and lymphocyte and plasma cell infiltration

Answer 4

Chronic Rhinitis

Question 5

Nonneoplastic mucosal lesions of the nose and sinuses

Answer 5

Nasal Polyps

Question 6

Can chronic rhinitis lead to nasal polyp formation?

Answer 6

It sure can

Question 7

Mucosal membrane inflammation of the paranasal sinuses

Answer 7

Sinusitis

Question 8

Mucocele, Osteomyeliti, septic thrombophlebitis, and intracranial infections are complications of what condition?

Answer 8

Acute or chronic sinusitis

Question 9

An accumulation of mucous secretions in a nasal sinus

Answer 9

Mucocele. If infected, this can progress to a pyrocele (mucopurulent exudate filling a sinus) and an empyema (purulent exudation in a sinus)

Question 10

Chronic inflammation beginning in the nasal cavity caused by a gram-negative diplobacillus

Answer 10

Rhinoscleroma–> the bacteria is Klebsiella rhinoscleromatis

Question 11

Most common fungal infection of the nasal mucosa, usually accompanying thrush

Answer 11

Candidiasis

Question 12

Septal perforation, mucosal ulceration, and eventual saddle nose deformity (in addition to general constitutional symptoms and nasal involvement) is the result of what vasculitis?

Answer 12

Wegener’s Granulomatosis

Question 13

Generally speaking, what is the most common type of tumor of the nasal cavity

Answer 13

Papillomas

Question 14

Inversion of the surface epithelium into the underlying stroma of the nasal wall is characteristic of what benign neoplasm

Answer 14

Inverted papilloma

Question 15

Benign neoplasm thought to be associated with HPV types 6 and 11

Answer 15

Inverted papilloma

Question 16

Young boy or girl with acute tonsillitis is usually infected by this bacteria

Answer 16

Strptococcus pyogenes

Question 17

Epithelial cancer of the nasopharynx that can be subclassified into keratinizing and nonkeratinizing types

Answer 17

Nasopharyngeal carcinoma

Question 18

Nonkeratinizing nasopharyngeal carcinoma is associated with this virus

Answer 18

EBV

Question 19

Highly vascular neoplasm of the nasopharynx common in adolescent males

Answer 19

Nasopharyngeal angiofibroma