MULTIPLE-CHOICE QUESTIONS ON ACUTE SINUSITIS || Otorhinolaryngology
HS2
1. The posterior sinus system includes:
A. Frontal sinus and ethmoidal sinus
B. Maxillary sinus and frontal sinus
C. Sphenoidal sinus and posterior ethmoidal sinus
D. Sphenoidal sinus and maxillary sinus
E. Frontal sinus and sphenoidal sinus
2. The openings of the anterior sinuses drain into:
A. Lower gap
B. Middle gap
C. Upper gap
D. Nasal floor
3. Which of the following symptoms does not belong to acute sinusitis?
A. Headache, runny nose, nasal congestion, fever.
B. Fever, headache, itchy nose, sneezing.
C. Headache, fever, nasal congestion, reduced sense of smell.
D. Fever, headache, runny nose, cough.
E. Headache, dizziness, ringing in the ears, hearing loss, fever.
4. Which of the following is not a cause of sinusitis?
A. Bacterial infection
B. Allergy.
C. Trauma.
D. Immune system suppression.
E. Chronic suppurative otitis media.
5. Acute sinusitis symptoms do not include:
A. Fever, chilling sensations in the spine
B. Feeling of heat and irritation in the throat when exhaling
C. Fever, ear pain, ringing in the ears, hearing loss
D. Nasal congestion, reduced or loss of sense of smell
E. Red, swollen, and bleeding nasal mucosa
6. Among the following causes, which is not a source of acute sinusitis bacterial infection?
A. Inflammation of the tooth root, especially in the upper jaw, teeth 4, 5, 6, 7.
B. Foreign body in the sinuses
C. Rhinitis
D. Allergic sinusitis
E. Inflammation of the wisdom tooth
, 7. A 6-year-old boy with a headache for a week, thick and purulent nasal discharge, nasal
congestion on one side, fever, pale complexion, pain when pressing the area above the eye
socket. What diagnosis should be considered?
A. Acute sphenoid sinusitis
B. Forgotten nasal foreign body
C. Acute frontal sinusitis
D. Maxillary sinus cancer
E. Nasal polyps
8. The painful point in acute frontal sinusitis is:
A. Ewing's point
B. Nasion point
C. Point on the inner and lower edge of the eye socket
D. Point on the outer edge and above the eye socket
E. Grunwald's point
9. In acute sinusitis, pain and discomfort in the forehead area usually occur around:
A. 5 - 7 AM
B. 6 - 8 AM
C. 7 - 10 AM
D. 8 - 11 AM
E. 10 - 12 AM
10. The following complications are common in acute sinusitis, except:
A. Thrombophlebitis of the cavernous sinus
B. Meningitis
C. External ear inflammation
D. Septicemia
E. Eye socket inflammation
11. In acute postnasal sinusitis, pus usually drains into the middle gap.
A. True
B. False
12. The following are complications of acute frontal sinusitis, except when the patient is
weakened, except for one case that is not a complication of acute frontal sinusitis:
A. Skull bone inflammation
B. Purulent meningitis
C. Brain abscess
D. Suppurative thrombosis of the side sinuses
E. Thrombosis of the cerebral veins
13. A sign not present in acute sphenoid sinusitis in children:
A. Upper eyelid swelling
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