Study Guide

Question 1

What is the main landmark for the tympanic membrane?

Answer 1

Malleus handle

Question 2

Which of the following allows us to see the nasopharynx the best?

Answer 2

Flexible fiber optic scope

Question 3

If someone has an earache, why would you look at the larynx?

Answer 3

Laryngeal carcinoma

Referred otalgia (ear pain)

Question 4

What do you outer hair cells do?

Question 5

What do you do for an ear exam?

Answer 5

Pneumatoscopy

Question 6

What are the S/Sx of acoustic neuroma?

Answer 6

• Retrochcolear lesions
• Asymmetric hearing loss
• Tinnitus
• Vertigo
• Wrong speech discrimination

Question 7

Meningitis can be a complication of which common nasal infection?

Answer 7

Sinusitis

Infection can go through sinuses; 1/3 normal; 1/3 dead; 1/3 disability

Question 8

Acute Rhinosinusitis last for how long?

Answer 8

≤4 weeks

Then total resolution of symptoms

Question 9

Subacute rhinosinusitis last for how long?

Answer 9

4-12 weeks

Then total resolution of symptoms

Question 10

Recurrent acute rhinosinusitis last for how long?

Answer 10

≥4 episodes per year

Resolution between relapse

Question 11

Chronic rhinosinusitis last for how long?

Answer 11

≥12 weeks

Question 12

How do you detect oral cancer?

Answer 12

Visual inspection

Question 13

What is the most common head and neck cancer?

Answer 13

Squamous cell carcinoma

Question 14

T/F: Tobacco is still the #1 cause of all head and neck cancers.

Answer 14

True

Question 15

T/F: All patients with nasal packing to treat epistaxis must be on anti-staphylococcal Abx

Answer 15

True

Bacitracin

Question 16

Malar “Tripod” fractures include:

Answer 16

Zygomatico
* Frontal
* Temporal
* Maxillary
* Sphenoid

Can entrap EOM & Infraorbital nerve

Question 17

Epistaxis occurs in which plexus?

Answer 17

Kisselbach’s plexus

Question 18

What is the Tx protocol for a peritonsilar abscess?

Answer 18

I&D

Question 19

What is the incidence of malignancy of the parotid gland?

Answer 19

20%

Question 20

Head and neck cancer is most common at what stage of life?

Answer 20

40 to 60 yo

Do punch biopsy or excision for skin cancer Dx

Question 21

Thyroid nodules are benign what percentage of time?

Answer 21

95%

Question 22

What is the thyroid disease that displays exophthalmos?

Answer 22

Graves disease

Question 23

You should biopsy a thyroid nodule if what size?

Answer 23

≥1.5 cm

Question 24

What organism causes otitis externa?

Answer 24

P. aeruginosa

Question 25

What type of hearing loss occurs in otitis media with effusion?

Answer 25

Conductive hearing loss

Question 26

What is the Tx for otitis externa?

Answer 26

Topical drops