Diseases of the Nose and Paranasal Sinuses — Flashcards

Clinical features of _____ polyps include nasal stuffiness, headache (due to sinusitis), sneezing, watery nasal discharge, anosmia/ hyposmia, mass protruding from the nasal cavity

Ethmoidal polyps are _____lateral and multiple

Choanal atresia is _____lateral>bilateral

Chronic rhinosinusitis frequently causes _____ cysts in the maxillary sinus

Antrochoanal polyps are _____lateral and single

Antral lavage is contraindicated in _____ maxillary sinusitis because of the risk of osteomyelitis

Clinical features of _____ polyps include unilateral nasal obstruction which becomes bilateral when it grows posteriorly and obstructs opposite choana, mucoid nasal discharge, hyponasal voice

Alkaline nasal solution used to remove crusts in atrophic rhinits consists of a solution of: _____, Sodium bicarbonate and Sodium biboratedissolved in 280ml of water

Hint: 2 parts

Modified _____ operation is done for atrophic rhinitis.

Headache is localised to the frontal region in _____ and frontal sinusitis