Head and Neck

Question 1

Warm, tender neck mass in the anterior triangle

Answer 1

Think infected branchial cleft cyst

Question 2

Febrile child with hot-potato voice and inability to extend neck

Answer 2

Retropharyngeal abscess

Question 3

Cyanosis that improves with crying

Answer 3

Choanal atresia

Question 4

Nasal polyps

Answer 4

Think cystic fibrosis

Question 5

Management of nasal septal hematoma

Answer 5

Needs urgent drainage to prevent ischemia of the septal cartilage

Question 6

Nontender unilateral lymphadenopathy with violaceous overlying skin?

Answer 6

Nontuberculous mycobacteria (can cure with excision alone)

Question 7

Cause of parotitis in unvaccinated patient

Answer 7

Mumps
(if vaccinated, other viral causes)

Question 8

Neonate with fever and swollen parotid gland

Answer 8

Acute suppuration parotitis due to Staphylococcus aureus

Question 9

Most common source of orbital cellulitis

Answer 9

Ethmoid sinusitis

Question 10

Tearing, pain, and foreign body sensation in eye

Answer 10

Corneal abrasion