Osler Flashcards
An aids related neck mass will show what kind of histopathology
-follicular hyperplasia
Cystic neck mass differential?
-Congenital: cystic hygroma, thyroglossal duct cyst, branchial cleft cyst -Malignancy: PTC, tonsil cancer
DDx for granulomatous neck mass?
-TB -Toxo -Sarcoid -Atypical TB -Deep fungal infection -Actino and cat scratch could appear as a granulomatous disease but not true granulomatous
Age cutoff where you start thinking neoplasia/malignancy at top of ddx in neck mass?
40 yo
What size of mass for PET can lead to false negatives?
<1cm
For unknown primary and negative PET, what would you bx?
-Tonsillectomy and directed bx of lingual tonsils or stage the lingual tonsillectomy
DDx for posterior triangle neck mass?
-Thyroid or NPC met -TB
Tonsil w white exudative plaque rather than purulence, consider?
mono
What conditions have mono like sx?
-mono -CMV -Toxo
Hearing loss and neck mass, consider which cancers?
-NPC or parapharyngeal space
Indications for neck dissection in parotid ca?
Amplication magnitude of TM?
17:1
Which Ig’s rise with iT?
- first rise in specific IgE, then it falls
- then rise in IgG4 and IgA
Which diuretics can you use to lower ca++ levels?
loops
how to remember which anesthetics are amides vs esters?
amide has “i” and their names have two “i”s
Carotid body afferent innervation?
glossopharyngeal
Staging of mucosal melanoma
staging of mucosal melanoma
