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URT pathology Flashcards

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What anatomy forms the URT?

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Nose
Naso-pharynx
Larynx
Paranasal sinueses
Eustachian tube
Middle ear
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What defence mechanisms does the URT have?

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filtration of 10-20,000L air per day 
Muco-cillary transport system 
Cough/sneeze/gag/swallow reflex 
Richly vascularised/erectile 
MALT (Waldeyer's ring)
White blood cells and IgA secretion
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What conditions have abnormal muco-ciliary transport system?

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PCD
Kartagener’s syndrome
bronchiectasis
infertility

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What are the causes of acute rhinitis?

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viruses, bacteria, allergens (season and perennial vasomotor rhinitis), occasionally fungi

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What are the effects of acute rhinitis (common cold)?

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inflammation- congested, oedematous, rhinorrhoea - watery or mucoid or muco-purulent

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What happens in chronic rhinitis?

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atrophy of mucous glands and surface epithelium, squamous metaplasia, fibrosis

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What is atopic or allergic rhinitis?

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hayfever
- caused by allergens and mediated by type I and type III hypersensitivity reactions - may be associated with eczema and asthma

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What are nasal polyps?

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result from either chronic infective or allergic inflammation
= polypoid oedematous masses of connective tissue infiltration by chronic inflammatory cells esp lymphocytes, plasma cells and eosinophil polymorphs
usually bilateral or inverted papilloma

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What are the causes and effects of acute sinusitis

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Usually a complication of acute rhinitis with blocking of the ostium. Less commonly due to dental sepsis.
May get secondary bacterial infection.
same causes a rhinitis

effects: mucocoele or empyema, orbital cellulitis, osteomyelitis, meningitis, cerebral abscess

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What can chronic sinusitis cause?

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nasal and naso-sinal polyps

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What are the acute causes of pharyngitis?

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viruses
bacteria
e.g haemophilus, diphtheria, TB, gonnorhoea, fungi

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What are the effects of acute pharyngitis?

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tonsilitis
retropharyngeal abscess
peritonisillar abscess
cervical adenitis
parapharyngeal abscess
ludwig's angina
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What is chronic sinusitis?

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continuing irritation from another source

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What is granulomatosis with polyangiitis (GPA, wegener’s granulomatosis)?

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cardinal triad

  • giant cell transformation
  • arteritis/phlebitis
  • zonal necrosis with karyorrhexis/leukocytoclasis
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What are the different organs/systems that GPA affects?

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nose and paranasal sinuses
Lungs
kidneys (75%)
other organs - isolated or systemic

limited form = lungs only

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What are the signs and symptoms of GPA and who does it usually affect?

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Symptoms = numerous and varied based on the fact its a multi system disease

Signs:
- ulcers, sores crusting in and around the nose, with destruction of nasal cartilage, rhinorrhoea, often bloody
subglottic stenosis (20%) causing hoarseness, stridor, dyspnoea or cough
chronic ear infections
haemoptysis
haematuria

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What investigations should be carried out for GPA?

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FBC, ESR, U&Es
Anti-neutrophil antibodies (C-ANCA, P-ANA (90%)) - low specificity
Urinanalysis- protein, blood, casts 
Nasal endoscopy 
Lung function tests 
CXR 
Biopsy
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What are the treatments for GPA?

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Drugs
- steroids, cyclophosphamide, methotrexate, azothioprine, cyclosporin,TNF trials
Surgery

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What are the complications and prognosis of GPA?

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Complications:

  • mechanical = nasal septum perforation/deformity, airway stenosis
  • Functional = respiratory failure, renal failure

Prognosis
- untreated: 50% mortality at 5 yrs
- treated: 90% will achieve long term remission
renal function determinant

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What is necrotising midline granuloma?

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includes:
non-heating granuloma 
midline granuloma 
granuloma ganrenescens 
lethal granuloma = Rare condition with progressive destruction of nose, nasal sinuses and adjacent structures - encompasses a number of entities, some cases of which are non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma T cell type
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What is an inverted papilloma and what are the causes and which people are susceptible?

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transitional papilloma
ringertz tumour
schneiderian papilloma = nose and paranasal sinuses derived from ectoderm but description encompasses inverted cyclindric cells and exophytic histological patterns which behave differently

5:1 in males
40-70 year olds

cause is unknown - ? smoking, chemical pollutants, allergens, chronic sinusitis, HPV (6/11)

22
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What are the differential diagnoses for inverted papilloma?

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inflammatory nasal polyp 
fungiform/exophytic papilloma 
cyclindric cell/oncocytic papilloma 
verruca vulgaris 
carcinoma
23
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What is the natural history of inverted papilloma?

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recurrence rate = 40-60%
malignant change up to 53%
multicentric 
synchronous or metachornous 
pre-malignant potential - dysplasia, SCC, adenocarcinoma, MEC
24
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How is inverted papilloma treated?

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surgery = endoscopic vs en bloc

continued long term surveillance

25
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Which people are more susceptible to SCC and what are the causes?

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about 70 yrs- uncommon under 40
M:F = 1.5: 1 - 2:1
24% tumours of nose and paranasal sinuses
more common in japan and south africa

Cause: unknown - smoking, chemical pollutants, snuff, various occupations, HPV

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What are the signs and symptoms of SCC?

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Blocked nose and sinuses 
Epistaxis
Pain behind nose or upper teeth 
swelling around the eyes 
numb cheeks, upper lip, uper teeth, side of node 
headache
speech change
diplopia/telecanthus
27
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What investigations are for SCC?

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XR 
CT scan 
MRI scan 
Nasal endoscopy 
Biopsy
28
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What are the treatments for SCC?

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depends on: site, stage, grade general health 
Surgery (+/- reconstruction/prosthetics)
Radiotherapy 
occasionally chemo 
GF receptor antagonists 
cyclin kinase inhibitors 
photodynamic therapy 
oncolytic viruses 
vaccines
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What is the prognosis for SCC?

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Dependent on site, stage, and grade - further back the site the worse the prognosis

carcinoma of nasal vestibule = 78% survival 5 years

carcinoma of nasal cavity=
56% survival 5 years

Carcinoma of paranasal sinuses = 24% survival at 5 years

30
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What are the causes of adenocarcinoma?

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wood workers, furniture makers, chromate exposure

intestinalised pattern is indistinguishable morphologically and immunophenotypically from metastatic colo-rectal adenocarcinoma

artificial distinction between surface mucosal versus minor SG origin

31
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Who is susceptible to juvenille (nasal) angiofibroma?

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pre-pubertal and adolescent periods - usually 7-19
rare after 25 yrs

always males

32
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What are the aetiologies of JNA?

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Originates in close proximity to the posterior attachment of the middle turbinate near the superior border of the speno-palatine foramen

hormonal therapy- increasing testosterone

33
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What are the signs and symptoms of JNA?

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Nasal obstruction
epistaxis
headaches
facial swelling

nasal mass
orbital mass
proptosis

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What investigations are carried out for JNA?

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XR
CT scan
MRI scan
Angiography

35
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What are the treatments for JNA?

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Surgery

pre-operative embolisation - coils, pva, onyx, sclerosant

36
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What are the causes of nasopharyngeal carcinoma and what are the causes?

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age 50-60
M:F = 2:1

infrequent in EU and NA, common in china, malaysia, indonesia and east africa

Aetiology: dietary factors e.g.nitrosamines, EBV, HLA A2

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What are the symptoms and signs of NPC?

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Blocked nose
telecanthus
epistaxis
deafness
tinnitus 
lymphadenopathy
38
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What does the NPC do?

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the neoplasm blocks the eustachian tube causing secretory otitis media or glue ear with conduction deafness

39
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What are the investigations for NPC?

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CXR
CT scan 
MRI scan 
Bone scan 
Nasal endoscopy 
Biopsy - ebv, lmp-1 in situ EBERs
40
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What is the treatment for NPC and prognosis?

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depends on stage and grade
radiotherapy - external and internal
chemotherapy
surgery - lymph nodes in neck recurrences

dependent on stage and grade

41
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What are some other examples of nasopharyngeal tumours?

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rhabdomyosarcoma 
lymphoma (T cell and B cell NHL)
sino-nasal undifferentiated carcinoma 
malignant adult teratoma 
olfactory neuroblastoma 
malignant melanoma 
peripheral neuroectodermal tumour 
small cell undifferentiated carcinoma 
midline NUT carcinoma
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What are the causes and complications of diphtheria?

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corynebacterium, diptheria, exotoxin formation

psuedomembrane coagulum of deadcells, fibrin, inflammatory cells and bacteria

death due to asphyxia or renal or cardiac failure

43
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What are the treatments for diphtheria?

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antibiotics
antitoxin
vaccine - toxoid, DTP immunisation

44
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What are examples of acute inflammation of the URT?

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Acute epiglottis
acute laryngo-tracheobronchitis
allergic laryngitis/angio-oedema
diptheritic laryngitis

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What are the causes of TB and what are the other differential diagnoses?

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mycobacterium TB (acid alcohol fast bacilus)

differentials: other granulomatous conditions (equally rare) and carcinoma

46
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What investigations for TB should be carried out?

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CXR
sputum - microscopy and culture 
laryngoscopy 
biopsy 
tuberculin skin test 
interferon gamma release assays
47
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What are the treatments for tb?

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antibiotics - anti-tuberculosis therapy regime

resistant strains

48
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What are the causes of vocal cord polyp/laryngeal nodule ?

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vocal cord abuse
cigarette smoking 
pharyngo-laryngeal reflux disease 
other pollutants 
nasal disease

site- unilateral or bilateral

49
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What are the treatments for vocal cord node or nodule?

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surgery or laser cordectomy - may recur

contact (intubation) granuloma or ulcer voice abuse
pharyngo-laryngeal reflux
instrumentation

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