EENT Flashcards
What type of infxn are steroid inhalers most likely to have?
Fungal infxn
What underlying disorders are patients with nasal polyps most likely to have?
Asthma, ASA/NSAID allergy (ASA triad)
What is the most aggressive and worst type of thyroid CA?
Anaplastic
What are the RF for thyroid CA?
Female, Asian, hx of goiter, hx of radiation
What is the most common thyroid CA?
Papillary
What are the types of thyroid CA?
Papillary, follicular, anaplastic, medullary
What is the most common laryngeal CA?
Squamous cell
What is bacterial infxn on the floor of the mouth that could be potentially life threatening?
Ludwing angina
What is L sided supraclavicular adenopathy?
Virchow’s node
What is painless, unilateral adenopathy?
Hodgkin’s lyphoma
What drugs can cause gingival hyperplasia?
CCB, phenytoin (seizure meds), cyclosporine (DMARDS)
What bug causes mumps?
Paramyxovirus
What bug causes sialadenitis?
S. Aureus
What glands are affected in sialadenitis? Sialolithiasis?
1) parotid 2) submandibular
What bug causes epiglottis?
H. influenzae
What bug causes mono?
EBV
Most common area for posterior epistaxis?
Woodruff
What are the 3 common bugs causing bacterial sinusitis?
M. Catarrhalis, H. influenzae, S. Pneumonia
Is Meniere’s peripheral or central cause of vertigo?
Peripheral
Patient has positive Dix Hallpike?
BPPV
What systemic disease can lead to hearing loss?
Lyme, neurosyphilis
What drug can be used to perforated TM?
Fluroquinolones
What is the common non-suppurative cause of sialadenitis?
Mumps/paromyxovirus
45yo male presents with progressive enalargement of R submandibular gland over last week?
Sialolithiasis
What GI disorder can lead to laryngitis if not treated?
GERD