EENT Questions with Complete Solutions A white plaque-like oral lesion which does scrape off? - Correct Answer Oral candidiasis A white plaque-like oral lesion which does not scrape off? - Correct Answer Oral leukoplakia What type of oropharyngeal infection are patients who use inhaled steroid inhalers likely to have? - Correct Answer Fungal Presence of the *Centor criteria* are suggestive of group A strep pharyngitis. List the criteria. - Correct Answer Fever - Absence of cough - Tonsillar exudates - Tender cervical lymphadenopathy What underlying disorders may be related to nasal polyps? - Correct Answer Asthma and ASA or NSAID allergy Treatment for brachial cleft cyst? - Correct Answer Antibiotics for acute infection; surgical excision for definitive treatment Worst and most aggressive type of thyroid cancer? - Correct Answer Anaplastic thyroid cancer Risk factors for thyroid cancer? - Correct Answer Hx of radiation exposure - HX of goiter - female gender
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Most common type of thyroid cancer? - Correct Answer Papillary Most common type of laryngeal cancer? - Correct Answer Squamous cell What is the Dx? Bacterial infection/cellulitis of the floor of the mouth (stems from root of the teeth) potentially life threatening. - Correct Answer Ludwig's angina 1 / 2
Most common type of oral cancer? - Correct Answer Squamous cell (90%) Do thyroid masses move with swallowing. - Correct Answer Yes What disease is unilateral painless persistent cervical lymphadenopathy often linked to? - Correct Answer Hodgkin's lymphoma What is left supraclavicular adenopathy called? - Correct Answer Virchows node (often associated with lung/gastric malignancy) Does thyroglossal duct cyst move with tongue protrusion? - Correct Answer Yes What is the preferred treatment for a thyroglossal duct cyst? - Correct Answer Excision of cyst and tract (after acute infection resolves) Medications that commonly cause gingival hyperplasia? - Correct Answer Phenytoin - Calcium Channel Blockers - Cyclosporine What virus causes mumps? - Correct Answer Paramyxovirus What is the Dx? Immigrant presents with fever and bilateral parotid swelling. - Correct Answer Mumps Which salivary gland is most often affected with sialadenitis? - Correct Answer Parotid gland Which salivary gland is most often affected with sialolithiasis? - Correct Answer Submandibular gland Most common pathogen causing sialadenitis? - Correct Answer Staph aureus Findings seen on lateral neck X-ray in patient with epiglottitis? - Correct Answer Thumbprint sign
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