2. Head & Neck (ENT)
PATHOLOGY
OTOLARYNGOLOGY
OBJECTIVE:
3. Understand the common disorders of the
upper airway and upper digestive tract (i.e.,
head and neck) in the usual context of:
DEGENERATIVE,
INFLAMMATORY,
and
NEOPLASTIC
…deviations of normal anatomy and histology
38. Rhinitis/Sinusitis
• Very often allergic, a swab showing
many eosinophils may prove this
• Very often associated with URI’s in
general, usually viral
• Just about every organism
imaginable has been implicated at
one time or another, bacteria, virus,
fungus, etc.
39. NOSE/SINUS/NASOPHARYNX
“TUMORS”
• “Polyps”---really NOT a tumor
• Angiofibroma
• Papilloma
• Plasmacytoma
• Neuroblastoma
• Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma
57. The Tympanic Cavity
Chorda
Tympani N.
(CN VII)
Tendon of
Tensor
Tympani M.
(V3)
Incus
Tendon of
Stapedius M.
(CN VII)
Stapes
Cut edge of tympanum Malleus
