ESA3 revision session 2 Flashcards
What can cause a lump in the neck?
Vascular
Inflammatory
Traumatic
Autoimmune
Metabolic
Infection
Neoplastic
Degenerative
Idiopathic
Congenital
vascular cause of neck lump
carotid artery aneurysm
infection
cervical lymphadenopathy
congenital
- Thyroglossal cyst- midline
- Branchial cyst- SCM
- Cervical rib
- Neoplastic cause
Apical lung cancer- Pancoast tumour (left)
Thryoglossal duct cyst
- midline lump
- thyroid gland dvewlops int he floor of the pharnx, in the foramen cecum
- it descends down necks as it develops
- remains connected to tongue by thyroglossal duct
- if patency not resolved, a cyst develops
branchial cysts
lump on SCM
- incomplete fusion of the second arch over the other clefts
- fluid can fill in this space leading to a soft non-tender mass ont he anterior border of SCM
- can arise after infection/trauma causing cyst to swell and become apparent
A non-tender left supraclavicular node is a associated with what type of malignancy?
- GI metastases- gastric malignancy
- Virchow node
what does this chest x ray confirm
pancoast tumour
pancoast tumours can cause disruption of the
brachial pleuxs- lower routes C8/T1 (Klumpke)
- apex of lung in close proximity to lower nerve root of the rbachial plexus*
- pancoast tumour causes it to impingle on C8 and T1 roots*
- sensory innervation of medial hand and forearm
- intrinsic muscles of the hand
- muscles of the forearm
klumpkes palsy
C8-T1- upper brachial plexus injury
Erbs palsy-
C5 C6—shoulder dystocia (lower brachial plexus injury)
what other structures can be affecred by a pancoast tumour
- Recurrent laryngeal nerve
- Reduced ability to cough
- hoarseness
- Sympathetic trunk/chain
- Horners syndrome
- Subclavian artery and vein
horners syndrome
impingment of sympathetic chain by pancoast tumour
Symptoms:
- partial ptosis
- miosis- constircted pupil as dilatore pupillae not innervated
- anhydrosis- lack of sweating due to denervated sweat glands
What does the sympathetic nervous system do in the eye
- eyelid- helps raise it
- pipil- dilates it
- sweat glands- stimulated production
Eyelid muscle innervation
- Levator palpebrae superioris (CN III- oculomotor)
- Superior tarsal plate (sympathetic innervation)
partial psosis
- sympathetic innervation to the taral muscle of the eyelid is lost
- leads to drooping of eyelid
- innervation to levator palpebrae suprioris (LPS) is still in tact
- can partially raise eyelid
complete ptosis
- paralysis of levatoe palpebrae superioris (LPS) due to CN III lesion (compression of parasympathetic fibres)
- tarsal muscle inenrvation is intact (however too weak to riase eyelid alone)
parasympathetic fibres which hitch-hike on the ocuclomotor nerve run on the
periphery