Mutation of this gene appears to have a central role in the development of cancer by altering the ability of cells to respond to DNA damage.
What is p53?
100
This form of basal cell ca is particularly hard to excise because of indistinct margins, skip lesions, and a propensity for deep invasion.
What is morphea type?
100
Exposure to industrial fumes, wood dust, nickel refining processes and leather tanning have been implicated in this disease process.
What malignant sinonasal tumors?
100
This MRI finding helps to distinguish meningiomas from schwanomas of the CPA.
What is a dural tail?
100
A patient has had a facial nerve paralysis for over 2.5 years without any intact proximal or distal nerve sites this is the best option for re-animation.
What is muscle transposition?
200
The type of chemo timing for locoregionally advanced cancer of the head and neck that can produce high overall and complete response rates but has little impact on survival rates.
What is neoadjuvant chemo?
200
A benign usually self limited epithelial tumor that is easily confused clinically and histopathologically with SCC?
What is Keratoacanthoma?
200
Sinonasal Tumor extending to the orbit, skull base, cranial cavity or with cervical or distant mets.
Bonus 100 points: The tumor that is classified this way.
What is Kadish C?
Bonus: What is Esthesioneuroblastoma?
200
Microscopic examination of this tumor reveals spindle shaped cells arranged in Antoni- type A and type B patterns.
Bonus 200 pts: what is the name of the densely packed cells with palisading nuclei in Antoni type A?
What is schwannoma?
Bonus What is Verocay bodies?
200
This technique results in the best outcomes following facial nerve injury.
What is facial nerve anastomosis?
300
The biologic effect of irradiation depends mostly on this.
What is the fractionation schedule used?
- the larger the number of fractions the greater the total dose required to produce a given level of damage.
300
A preinvasive form of SCC, considered synonymous with carcinoma in situ of the skin.
What is Bowen Disease?
300
Name the 3 types of papilloma. 100 pts each
What is exophytic, inverted, columnar?
300
The tissue type that meningiomas originate from (be specific).
What is arachnoid layer of the meninges?
300
These are the 3 functional defects that are affect by facial nerve paralysis- 100 each
What are mastication, speech, eye protection?
400
These tumor properties predict good response to radiation include small tumors, well vascularized tumors and this.
What is exophytic tumors?
-large, infiltrative, or ulcerated tumors are less likely to respond.
400
This is a risk factor for SCC and basal cell other than sun exposure, trauma, radiation therapy, chronic arsenic exposure.
What is Immunosuppression?
400
The treatment of this potential complication following sinonasal tumor removal involves drilling of burr holes, needle aspiration, and closure of the dural defect.
What is tension pneumocephalus?
400
These lateral skull base tumors arise along the course of the tympanic branch of cranial nerve IX and along the course of the auricular branch of cranial nerve X.
What are glomus tympanicum tumors?
400
After gold weight implantation, this procedure is often also required to address a coexisting ectropion of the lower lid.
What is lateral canthopexy?
500
The treatment for this chemotherapy related emergency includes subcutaneous epinephrine or hyaluronidase.
What is extravasation?
500
The percentage of patients who present with regional nodal metastisis rates for basal cell and SCC respectively.
What is 0.5% and 12.5%?
500
Of the symptoms of sinonasal malignancies, this is the most suggestive of a tumor.
What is Abnormal sensation?
V1 and V2 distribution.
500
This tumor which originates from the embryonic remnants of the notochord is histologically characterized by this type of cell in a mucoid matrix?
What is physaliphorous (soap bubble) cells?
500
There are many modes of physical therapy following facial nerve injury but this technique shows the most promise for patients requiring facial rehabilitation.