Diseases of the Nose and Paranasal Sinuses — Flashcards

DNS is associated with _____trophy of turbinates on opposite side of deviation.

Both _____ can spread to the paranasal sinuses and result in necrosis around the nose

Hint: which two fungal infections

While allergy is the main etiological factor for ethmoidal polyps, _____ is the main etiological factor for antrochoanal polyp.

_____% cases of choanal atresia are bony and rest are mixed

_____ test is done before selecting patient for surgery for DNS.

The artery responsible for posterior epistaxis is _____, located at the posterior end of the middle turbinate

_____ rhinitis is also known as Ozaena.

Epistaxis may cause life-threatening hemorrhages if it occurs in the _____ part of the nasal cavity (Woodruff's plexus)

Indications for surgery in a case of DNS are:Persistent _____ and recurrent headachesRecurrent sinusitis and otitis media.Recurrent epistaxis from septal spur.Septal deviation causing sleep apnea or hypopnoea syndrome.

_____lateral nasal obstruction, nasal discharge, and epistaxis are the main presenting symptoms for inverted papilloma