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What is dysphagia

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Difficulty in swallowing

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What is odynophagia

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Painful swallowing - red flag symptom for cancer

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Which nerve is involved with pharyngeal phase of swallowing?

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Glossopharygneal

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Congenital causes of dysphagia

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Tracheo-oesophageal fistula

Oesophageal stricture

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Acquired pre-oesophgeal inflammatory causes of dysphagia

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Tonsilitis
Pharyngitis
Quinsy 
Parapharyngeal abscess
Ludwing's Angina
Glandular Fever
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Inflammatory and infective acquired oesophageal cause of dysphagia

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Infective - Candidiasis

Inflammatory - Oesophagitis - GORD

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Neurological acquired oesophageal cause of dysphagia

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Achalasia

Diffuse spasm

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Compressive acquired oesophageal cause of dysphagia

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Mediastinal mets
Aortic aneurysm
Osteophytes - in the neck

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Psychological cause of dysphagia

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Globus pharyngeus = “lump in the throat” - related to anxiety
Will present as not being able to initiate swallowing - the only dysphagia that presents with this

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Dysphagia in the older patient - protrusion at neck

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Pharyngeal pouch

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What is Ludwigs angina?

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Adontogenic infection causing a spreading cellulitis in the floor of the mouth, means that tongue is being pushed up to the soft palate

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Dysphagia obstruction felt at the level of the sternal notch

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Globus pharyngeus

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Presentation of tonsilitis

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Hx of pyrexia, dysphagia, lymphadenopathy and severe malaise

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Usual cause of tonsilitis

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Usually bacterial - B-haemolytic strep is the commonest organism
Also viral are common

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Criteria for antibiotic prescription in tonsilitis

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Centor Criteria
Presence of all 4 of the following indicate need to antibiotic treatment
3 or less - just supportive treatment

1) History of fever >38
2) Tonsillar exudates
3) No cough
4) Tender anterior cervical lymphadenopathy

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What is a pharyngeal pouch

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Weakness between the pharyngeal constrictor muscles (Kilian’s dehiscence) through which the pharyngeal mucosa bulges

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Where does pharyngeal pouch lie?

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Originally it lies posteriorly but then as it enlarges it moves laterally - usually to the left
Further enlargement pushes the oesophagus aside and food passes into the pouch not down

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When and in who do pharyngeal pouches occur most commonly?

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6th-9th decade

M:F = 3/2:1

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Symptoms of pharyngeal pouch

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Dysphagia
Immediate regurgitation
Aspiration
Neck Lump

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Treatment of pharyngeal pouch

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Endoscopic stapling

Or external approach with excision of the pouch

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What is Plummer-Vinson or Paterson-Brown-Kelly syndrome?

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Epithelial changes occuring in the oesophagitis due to iron deficiency causing glossitis
May be fine web or membrance encircling the oesophagus

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Who does PV or PBK syndrome occur most frequently in?

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Middle-aged women

associated with other signs of iron deficiency

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Dysphagia where food and liquid does not leave the throat easily and regurgitates through the nose and/or causes a cough

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Neurological

eg. bulbar or pseudobulbar palsy or MG

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Rapid onset dysphagia with food sticking immediately after swallowing - doesn’t leave the throat easily

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Carcinoma of pharynx

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Slow onset dysphagia with food sticking immediately after swallowing - doesn’t leave the throat easily

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Benign stricture or web - of pharynx

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Dysphagia where leaves the throat easily - gets progressively more difficult to swallow and develops over a short period, with relentless progression and impact pain

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Carcinoma of oesophagus

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Dysphagia where leaves throat easily - gets progressively more difficult to swallow and has a longer more intermittent progression. Also odonophagia

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Benign peptic stricture

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Dysphagia + ear pain on swallowing (weight loss)

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Cancer!!!

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3 ways for voice rehabilitation after laryngectomy

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Electromechanical speech
Oesophageal speech
Tracheo-oesophageal (shunt) speech - puncture into oesophagus therefore communication from lungs to mouth

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When to admit/refer a sore throat/tonsillitis x3

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Airway compromise
Dysphagia (saliva very urgent because means more than tonsillitis eg. abscess)
Systemic involvement - sepsis

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Traumatic causes of sore throat x4

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Thermal

Chemical - alcohol, reflux, TB

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Infective causes of sore throat x5

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Tonsillitis 
Glandular fever 
Epiglottitis 
Diptheria 
Candida
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Complicatative causes of sore throat x3

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Peritonsillar abscess
Parapharyngeal abscess
Retropharyngeal abscess (may lead to acute airway obstruction therefore emergency)

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Causes of oral ulceration x5

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Apthous ulcers 
Trauma
HSV
Leukaemia pemphigus
Pemphigoid
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Viral causes of throat infection

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Influenza, parainfluenza, Adenovirus, Rhinovirus, RSV, EBV, Herpes Simplex

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Bacterial causes of throat infection

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B-haemolytic strep 
Haemophilus influenzae 
Staph aureus 
Anaerobes 
Diptheria
37
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Fungal causes of throat infection

38
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What is trismus - what is it a key symptom of?

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Jaw claudication following throat infection - causing muscle inflammation
Key symptom of peritonsillar abscess

39
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Risk factors for head and neck cancer

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Smoking
Alcohol
Betel nut
HPV

40
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Sore throat + hepatosplenomegaly

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Glandular fever

41
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Management of admitted tonsillitis - unable to swallow

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IV fluid
Analgesia
Antipyretic
Benzylpenicillin

42
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What can you add if no improvement with benzylpenicillin after 48 hours

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Metronidazole

43
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What do you not give to treat sore throat? Why not?

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Ampiciilin or amoxicillin because if it is glandular fever - they will come out with a big macular papular rash

44
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Treatment if significant airway compromise in tonsilitis

45
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Local complications of tonsilitis x4

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Para/retropharyngeal abscess
Quinsy - peritonsillar abscess
Otitis media (rarely)
Airway obstruction

46
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Systemic complications of tonsilitis SSMR

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Septicaemia
Streptococcus: glomerulonephritis
Meningitis
Rheumatic fever

47
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What is quinsy?

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Peritonsillar abscess

48
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Presentation of quinsy

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Unilateral pain
Otalgia on that side
Trismus “hot potato voice”

49
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Where does the uvula deviate in quinsy

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away from the peritonsillar abscess

50
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Treatment of quinsy

A

Aspiration of pus in abscess

51
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Indications for tonsillectomy x4

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Recurrent acute tonsillitis (6 episodes of severe tonsillitis in a year)
Quinsy >2x in a year
OSA
Suspected malignancy (asymmetrical tonsils)

52
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Features of glandular fever x4

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Usually huge tonsils
White sloppy goo covering them
Huge nodes in neck
Systemically unwell

53
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Main infective cause of epiglottitis

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Mainly haemophilus influnzae B

54
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Presentation of epiglottitis x4

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Sudden onset
High fever
Dysphagia
Sore throat

55
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Who typically gets epiglottitis?

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Children 2-6 years

Older immigrants

56
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Signs of epiglottitis?

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Inspiratory stridor
Drooling - because can’t swallow
Rapid progression
Hot potato voice

57
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Management of epiglottitis?

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IV cefotaxime + steroids

58
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What is croup?

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Laryngotracheobronchitis

59
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Symptoms of croup

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Barking cough and inspiratory stridor

Not as severe as epiglottitis

60
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Treatment of croup

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1 dose prednisolone

61
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Can candida be wiped off?

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Yes - Lichen Planus can’t

62
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How does hypopharyngeal cancer present?

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Sore throat and pain on swallowing

Can also have ear ache on that side

63
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Signs of tonsillar cancer

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Swollen tonsil and will look abnormal

But if unilateral swelling - suspect it

64
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What is dysphonia?

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Hoarseness of voice

65
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What is dysarthria

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Motor speech disorder causing difficulty in articulation of speech

66
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What is dysphasia? 2 types

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Central impairment of language
Receptive - Wernickes
Expressive - Brocas

67
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Muscle supplied by superior laryngeal nerve

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Cricothyroid muscle and above vocal cords

68
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Muscle supplied by recurrent laryngeal nerve

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All other including vocal cord abductors and adductors

69
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Most common cause of hoarse voice

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URTI - laryngitis

70
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Treatment of vocal cord palsy

A

SLT

Vocal cord medialisation - thyroplasty

71
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Presentation of acute laryngitis

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Short duration
History of URTI
Aphonia and sore throat

72
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Treatment of acute laryngitis

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Voice rest
Hydration
Humidification
Antibiotics - maybe

73
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Chronic laryngitis presentation

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Persistent dysphonia

74
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Causes of chronic laryngitis

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GORD
Airborne irritants
Sinonasal disease

75
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Smoker + hoarse voice

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Reinkes oedema

Gelatinous material laid down in lamina propria

76
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Presentation of reinkes oedema

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Deep masculine voice

77
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Treatment of reinkes oedema

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Stop smoking
Treat GORD (will make worse)
Surgery to drain excess fluid

78
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People who use voice professionally and hoarse voice?

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Vocal cord nodules

Fibrovascular tissue

79
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DX of vocal cord nodules

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Video laryngostroboscopy

80
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Treatment of vocal cord nodules

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Used to be surgery
Now last resort
SLT

81
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Hoarse voice + inappropriate voice use - shouting

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Vocal cord polyps
Usually from people shouting when have URTI
Get a haemorrhage which organises into a polyp

82
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Treatment of vocal cord polyp

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Surgical excision

SLT to prevent recurrence

83
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Vocal cord polyps, nodules and reinkes oedema

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Nodules and RO - usually bilateral

Polyps - contralateral damage is common

84
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Papillomatosis features

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Infection caused by human papilloma virus 6 and 11

85
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Treatment of papillomatosis

A

Surgical microdebrider
Microspot CO2 laser
Cidofovir

86
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Treatment of vocal cord cyst

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Surgical removal and need to remove entire cyst wall to prevent recurrence

87
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Laryngeal carcinoma male to female ratio

88
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Risk factors for laryngeal carincoma

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Smoking, alcohol and HPV

89
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When do you do refer for suspected laryngeal carcinoma

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Persistent unexplained hoarseness
Unexplained neck lump
2 week referral

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