Exam 4: Head, Face, and Neck

When obtaining a health history focusing on the patient's head, face, and neck, which of the following is particularly important with regard to risk of disease?

A patient with a positive Lyme titer presents with left-sided unilateral facial droop and inability to close the left eye. This is most likely due to:

Weight loss, fever, fatigue, and cervical and mediastinal lymphadenopathy are often the presenting signs of:

Which of the cranial nerves should be tested when a patient presents with right-sided facial droop and inability to close the right eye?

A patient complains of pain with chewing, earache, and grinding her teeth when asleep. These are symptoms of:

Calcium phosphate stones can develop within the salivary gland ducts. This can occur in the disorder called:

Chronic abuse of alcohol and tobacco are associated with __________________, which can present with lymphadenopathy of the head and neck.

One of the most common signs of Epstein-Barr viral infection (infectious mononucleosis) is:

A solitary cold nodule on radioactive iodine (RAI) uptake on a thyroid scan is suspicious for:

A 40-year-old female patient presents with extremely tight, shiny skin over the hands and face. There is also a lack of nasolabial folds and blank facial expression. This is a common sign of:

On physical examination, your 55-year-old female patient has an enlarged thyroid gland. She complains of feeling hot all the time, nervousness, palpitations, tremor, and recent weight loss of 10 pounds over the past 3 weeks. These signs and symptoms are commonly due to:

With the influx of immigrants to the United States and/or parent refusal of immunizations for their children, paramyxovirus (mumps) can still be seen in the clinical setting. Mumps can cause which of the following conditions?

Your patient presents to the emergency room due to a bee sting on the cheek. As you are examining the patient, you note increasing facial swelling and redness, as well as swelling of the lips and eyes. This condition is due to:

Which of the following is a sexually transmitted infection that can cause pharyngitis and cervical lymphadenopathy with oral sex?

Your patient accidentally cut his cheek while shaving 3 days ago. Today, the region is warm, erythematous, swollen, and has the appearance of an orange peel. There is a serous exudate coming from the wound. This is most likely due to:

A patient complains of burning, epigastric pain, and regurgitation of food when lying flat. It is important to recognize that these symptoms are common in:

A patient with systemic lupus erythematosus has been taking a prolonged course of steroids. She complains that her face appears swollen and she has experienced a 10-pound weight gain. This is often referred to as:

A goiter is most commonly associated with:

A 6-year-old patient complains of a constantly itchy scalp that developed after returning home from school today. The most common cause for this condition in a child is:

Which of the cranial nerves should be tested if the patient complains of numbness of the cheek?