Staging of Head and Neck Cancer — Flashcards

Flashcard 1: Staging of juvenile nasopharyngeal angiofibroma (Modified sessions, et al):Involving the infratemporal fossa with or without cheek or posterior to pterygoid plate: _____

Answer: IIC

Flashcard 2: Most common presenting feature of NPC is _____

Answer: painless cervical lymphadenopathy

Flashcard 3: The cranial nerve most commonly involved in nasopharyngeal carcinoma is _____

Answer: VI

Extra: Cranial nerve VI (Abducens nerve) is the most commonly involved cranial nerve in nasopharyngeal carcinoma (NPC) due to its proximity to the foramen lacerum. CN V (Trigeminal nerve) is the second most commonly affected. Involvement of CN IX, X, XI, and XII occurs later as the tumor spreads to the parapharyngeal space or jugular foramen.

Flashcard 4: _____ classification is used for maxillary carcinoma.

Answer: Ohngren s

Flashcard 5: Which nodes are most common and earliest nodes involved in supraglottic carcinoma?_____

Answer: Upper and Middle jugular lymph nodes

Flashcard 6: Nasopharyngeal carcinoma is also called _____ tumor

Answer: Guangdong tumor (or Chinese tumor)

Flashcard 7: _____ arises from the septum of the nose, also called as nose-picker's carcinoma

Answer: SCC

Flashcard 8: Treatment of esthesioneuroblastoma is _____ combined with preoperative chemotherapy or radiotherapy

Answer: surgery

Flashcard 9: _____ classification for maxillary carcinoma uses two horizontal lines of Sebileau; one passing through the floors of orbits and the other through floors of antra.

Answer: Lederman s

Flashcard 10: _____ triad is seen in nasopharyngeal cancer

Answer: Trotters