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The most common cause of dysphagia is

 Pharyngeal tonsillitis
 Achalasia of the cardia
 Cancer oesophagus
 Stricture of oesophagus

Dysphagia in achalasia is characterized by

 Progressive
 Solid > fluid
 Fluid < solid
 Associated with severe pain

Tonsillar artery is a branch from

 Lingual artery
 Maxillary artery
 Facial artery

Reactionary hemorrhage after adenoidectomy is


treated by

 Removal of remenants
 Antibiotics
 Ant. Nasal pack
 Ligation of Bl. Vessel

2ry postadenoidectomy bleeding is treated by

 antibiotic and post.nasal pack


 ant. Nasal pack
 ext. carotid artery ligation
 cautery of little’s area

tonsillectomy is absolute contraindicated in

 menstruation
 upper respiratory tract infection
 quinzy
 bleeding disorders
the usual cause of reactionary hemorrhage after
tonsillectomy is

 slipped ligature
 rebound infection
 tonsillar reminents
 early extubation

an adult with acute onset dysphagia , oedema of


uvula and purely medially pused tonsil and trismus
most likely to have

 para pharyngeal abcess


 acute retropharyngeal abcess
 quinzy
 chronic retropharyngeal abcess

the following are signs of chronic tonsillitis except

 enlarged cervical lymph nodes


 inequality of size of tonsills
 pus in tonsillar crypts
 oedema of crypts

quinzy is suppuration of

 parapharyngeal space
 peritonsillar space
 retropharyngeal space
 submandibular space

2ry post tonsillectomy bleeding is due to

 sepsis
 incomplete removal
 F.B
 Post.nasal pack

Pharyngeal diverticulum occur through

 Superior constrictor
 Middle constrictor
 Inferior constrictor
 Palatopharyngeus ms.

The most common cause of reactionary he after


adenoidectomy

 Adenoid removal
 Adenoid enlargement
 Hypertension
 Fever

Constrictor muscles of the pharynx are responsible


for

 Delgutition
 Aspiration
 Glottic closure
 Reflux diseases

Enlarged adenoid cause all the following except

 Adenoid facies
 Sleep apnoea
 Secretory OM
 Plummer - Vinson syndrome

Prognosis of postcricoid carcinoma is very bad


because

 Diagnosis is made in an advanced stage


 Occur in female
 + hypertension

dysphagia of cancer oesophagus is characterized by

 solid > fluid


 progressive
 associated with weight loss
 all

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