Nasal Dermoid

Chapter 16 of Volume 2, Head, Neck & Craniofacial. Revision notes and examiner-style viva questions with model answers for the FRCS (Plast).

11 viva questions in this chapter

1. This is a photograph of a two-year-old girl. Describe what you see.
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2. What else could this be?
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3. Why does a dermoid end up in the midline of the nose?
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4. How would you examine this child?
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5. How would you investigate this child?
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6. The parents ask whether it can be left alone. What do you tell them?
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7. The parents ask whether the anaesthetic will harm her developing brain.
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8. Take me through your consent discussion.
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9. How would you excise this?
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10. She is brought to A&E with a red, tender, discharging nasal swelling and a temperature. What now?
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11. You are at operation, the imaging said extracranial, and the tract is disappearing through the foramen cecum. What do you do?
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