ENT practice questions with correct answers

Abscessed teeth can rupture the medial mandibular cortex into the sublingual space. This can cause the tongue to be pushed up and back. The biggest danger in this is loss of... - Answer Airway The easiest way to ensure that the airway isn't lost in this isutation is to perform... - Answer A tracheotomy Immunocompromised patients, especially patients with diabetes, can get a devastating fungal infection of the sinuses called... - Answer mucormycosis Necrotizing otitis externa is a Pseudomonas infection of ????? and ????? which can lead to fatal complications - Answer EOC, skull base, temporal bone Often ???? tissue is seen at the junction of the bony-cartilaginous junction in the external auditory canal in patients with mecrotising otitis externa - Answer granulation The most common cause of a nosebleed in children is injury to vessels in.... - Answer Kisselbach's plexus A posterior nosebleed in an adolsecent make is considered to be a ???? until proven otherwise. - Answer Juvenile nasopharyngeal angiofibroma Two topical vasocontrictors often used in the nose are... - Answer Oxymetazoline, phenylephrine