Surgery Final Exam - ENT, Plastics, Ophtho Lectures (Answerd) 100%

Surgery Final Exam - ENT, Plastics, Ophtho Lectures (Answerd) 100% ENT (4 lectures) ENT (4 lectures) 90% of head and neck cancers are squamous cell CA Sub-Sites of Pharynx include the "3 P's" Pyriform Sinus Posterior Cricoid Posterior Pharyngeal Wall any patient who has an unexplained, unilateral middle ear infection MUST be worked up for... tumor where Eustachian tube inserts on the superior-posterior aspect of the nasopharyngeal wall Stage T3 Tumor (head & Neck) glottis, supra-glottis, sub-glottis, & vocal cord are involved Patient presents with solitary nodule and history of radiation exposure... 40% will have carcinoma (thyroid cancer) what age range has the greatest risk for thyroid cancer? 15 45 Dx thyroid cancer Step 1: routine TSH hormone level Step 2: if normal TSH, ultrasound thyroid to assess # and characteristics of nodules Step 3: fine needle aspiration of lesion what is the most common thyroid carcinoma? papillary thyroid carcinoma Boundaries of neck Boundaries of neck - pic II Boundaries of neck - pic III carcinoma in situ (CIS) pre-cancerous lesion presence of atypical changes complete loss of epithelial stratification Boundaries of the Hypopharynx surrounds layrnx superior limit = hyoid bone (becomes contiguous with oropharynx) inferior limit = cricopharyngeus muscle (transitions to cervical esophagus) what type of cancer is associated with chinese people? nasopharynx cancer What is the most comm