Surveillance and Survivorship — Flashcards

Flashcard 1: The most common cranial nerve involved in Nasopharyngeal carcinoma is _____th nerve

Answer: 6

Flashcard 2: 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 3: What is a contraindication to radiotherapy in laryngeal carcinoma?_____

Answer: Cartilage invasion

Flashcard 4: Nasopharyngeal carcinoma is also called _____ tumor

Answer: Guangdong tumor (or Chinese tumor)

Flashcard 5: _____ triad is seen in nasopharyngeal cancer

Answer: Trotters

Flashcard 6: _____ arises from the septum of the nose, also called as nose-picker's carcinoma

Answer: SCC

Flashcard 7: Treatment of esthesioneuroblastoma is _____ combined with preoperative chemotherapy or radiotherapy

Answer: surgery

Flashcard 8: _____ 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