Salivary Glands Multiple Choice Questions

Salivary Glands Multiple Choice Questions

Questions 1. Commonest tumour of minor salivary gland is:

1. Pleomorphic adenoma
2.  Warthin’s tumour
3. Malignant tumour
4.  Mucoepidermoid tumour

Answer: 3. Malignant tumour

Questions 2. Parotid duct opens opposite:

1.  Upper canine tooth
2.  Lower canine tooth
3.  Upper 2nd molar tooth
4.  Lower 2nd molar tooth

Answer: 3. Upper 2nd molar tooth

Questions 3. Chronic parotitis in children is pathognomonic of which infection?

1.  HCV infection
2.  HBV infection
3.  HIV infection
4. Syphilis

Answer: 3. HIV infection

Questions 4. Which is the common site of calculi in submandibular salivary gland?

1.  Superficial lobe
2.  Deep lobe
3. Accessory lobe
4.  Duct

Answer: 4. Duct

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Questions 5. Deep lobe tumours of parotid gland present as following features except:

1. Dysphagia
2.  Can push tonsils
3.  Can push soft palate
4. Can block the external auditory meatus

Answer: 4. Can block the external auditory meatus

Questions 6. The investigation of choice in deep lobe tumours of the parotid gland is:

1. CT scan
2. Angiography
3. MRI
4. Ultrasound

Answer: 3. MRI

Questions 7. Conley’s pointer refers to:

1.  Location of facial nerve in relation to tragal cartilage
2.  Location of facial nerve in relation to posterior belly of digastric
3.  Location of facial nerve in relation to retromandibular vein
4.  Location of facial nerve in relation to pinna

Answer: 1. Location of facial nerve in relation to tragal cartilage

Questions 8. Following are true for chronic hyperplastic candidiasis except:

1.  Invasion of Candida albicans
2.  Antifungal treatment helps
3.  High malignant potential
4.  Floor of the mouth is affected

Answer: 4. Floor of the mouth is affected

Questions 9. Following benign tumours have high incidence of recurrence except:

1.  Adamantinoma
2.  Deep lobe tumours of parotid gland
3.  Desmoid tumours
4.  Diffuse lipomata

Answer: 4. Diffuse lipomata

Questions 10. Recommended treatment of pleomorphic adenoma is:

1.  Enucleation
2.  Excision
3.  Superficial parotidectomy
4. Wide excision

Answer: 3. Superficial parotidectomy

Questions 11. Which benign tumour of parotid produces hot spot in Technetium scan?

1.  Pleomorphic adenoma
2.  Adenoid cystic carcinoma
3.  Mucoepidermoid tumour
4. Adenolymphoma

Answer: 4. Adenolymphoma

Questions 12. Commonest parotid tumour in children is:

1.  Pleomorphic adenoma
2.  Warthin’s tumour
3.  Mucoepidermoid tumour
4.  Lymphangioma

Answer: 3. Mucoepidermoid tumour

Questions 13. Most common malignant tumour in submandibular salivary gland is:

1.  Pleomorphic adenocarcinoma
2.  Adenoid cystic carcinoma
3. Mucoepidermoid tumour high grade
4.  Acinic cell tumour

Answer: 2. Adenoid cystic carcinoma

Questions 14. Following are true for precancerous lesions of lip/oral cavity except:

1.  Keratoacanthoma
2.  Leukoplakia
3.  Erythroplakia
4. Submucous fibrosis

Answer: 1. Keratoacanthoma

Questions 15. Following are features of carcinoma maxillary antrum except:

1.  Can cause asymmetry of face
2.  Can cause proptosis
3.  Can cause infraorbital nerve paralysis
4.  Can cause buccal branch of facial nerve paralysis

Answer: 4. Can cause buccal branch of facial nerve paralysis

Questions 16. Following are the boundaries of nasopharyngeal space except:

1. Nasal fossae
2.  Basilar part of occipital bone
3.  Body of sphenoid
4. Cribriform plate of ethmoid bone

Answer: 4. Cribriform plate of ethmoid bone

Questions 17. Following are true for nasopharyngeal carcinoma except:

1. Presents as high anterior cervical lymphadenopathy
2.  Can present as trigeminal neuralgia
3.  Compression on 9 and 10 cranial nerves
4. Can present as ophthalmoplegia

Answer: 1. Presents as high anterior cervical lymphadenopathy

Questions 18. Following are painless ulcers in the tongue except:

1. Gummatous ulcers
2. Carcinomatous ulcers
3. Systemic diseases
4. Tuberculous ulcers

Answer: 4. Tuberculous ulcers

Questions 19. Following are painful ulcers in the tongue except:

1. Gummatous ulcers
2. Tuberculous ulcers
3.  Aphthous ulcers
4. Dental ulcers

Answer: 1. Gummatous ulcers

Questions 20. Following are true for syphilitic lesions of the tongue except:

1.  Snail track ulcers
2.  Gumma
3. Hutchinson’s wart
4.  Hunterian chancre

Answer: 4. Hunterian chancre

Questions 21. Following are true for dental cyst except:

1. Upper jaw is commonly involved
2.  It is a large unilocular cyst
3.  Cyst contains cholesterol crystals
4.  Arises from unerupted tooth

Answer: 4. Arises from unerupted tooth

Questions 22. Which one of the following swellings does not contain cholesterol crystals?

1.  Branchial cyst
2.  Sebaceous cyst
3.  Dental cyst
4.  Hydrocele

Answer: 2. Sebaceous cyst

Questions 23. Following are true for dentigerous cyst except:

1. Upper jaw is commonly involved
2.  Produces egg-shell crackling
3.  X-ray shows soap bubble appearance
4.  Arises from unerupted tooth

Answer: 1. Upper jaw is commonly involved

Questions 24. Adamantinoma of the jaw has following features except:

1.  It is a malignant tumour
2.  It spreads within medullary bone
3.  It is treated by wide excision
4.  Mandible is the most common site

Answer: 4. Mandible is the most common site

Questions 25. Which of the following is unilocular cyst?

1.  Adamantinoma
2.  Dentigerous cysts
3.  Epididymal cyst
4.  Dental cyst

Answer: 4. Dental cyst