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Chapter 31. Diseases of the Nasal Cavity
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Of the neurogenic tumors, congenital encephaloceles may demonstrate which of the following characteristics during physical examination?
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A. Positive Fursternberg test
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B. Nasal pit that may contain hair
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C. Mass covered by nasal mucosa or skin
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D. Noncompressible, nonpulsatile midline mass
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Rathke pouch cyst forms due to which of the following embryologic pathways?
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A. Failed closure of anterior neuropore or poor migration of neural crest cells
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B. Failure of obliteration of diverticulum of ectoderm that forms the anterior lobe of the pituitary and pars intermedius
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C. Failure of opening of distal nasolacrimal duct leading to accumulation of secretions and expansion of the nasolacrimal duct
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D. Nasal epithelium trapped between maxillary, median, and lateral nasal processes.
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Granulomatosis with polyangiitis (GPA) presents with severe nasal crusting and epistaxis. Which of the following would be most likely to be elevated in GPA patients?
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Rhinophyma is associated with all of the following except
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C. Squamous cell carcinoma
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Diagnosis of hereditary hemorrhagic telangiectasia (HHT) using Curacao criteria includes all of the following except
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A. Spontaneous or recurrent epistaxis
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B. Telangiectasia of multiple visceral sites including GI, pulmonary, hepatic, cerebral, and spinal AVMs
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C. Telangiectasia of multiple mucosal or skin sites
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D. Autosomal recessive pattern of inheritance