FINAL EXAM NATIONAL BOARD OF EXAMINATIONS
JUNE 2018

POSSESSION/USE OF CELL PHONES OR ANY SUCH ELECTRONIC GADGETS IS NOT PERMITTED INSIDE THE EXAMINATION HALL.
OTO-RHINO-LARYNGOLOGY
PAPER-II
ENT/J/18/28/II
Time: 3 hours
Max. Marks:100
Important Instructions:
Attempt all questions in order.
Each question carries 10 marks.
Read the question carefully and answer to the point neatly and legibly.
Do not leave any blank pages between two answers.
Indicate the question number correctly for the answer in the margin space
Answer all the parts of a single question together.
Start the answer to a question on a fresh page or leave adequate space between two answers.
Draw table/diagrams/flowcharts wherever appropriate.
Write short notes on:

1. Describe the pathways of Olfaction. Discuss various disorders
of olfaction.
5+5
2. Etiopathogenesis of pediatric rhino-sinusitis and management.
4+6
3. Describe surgical anatomy of anterior skull base. Discuss
extended applications of endoscopic sinus surgery.
5+5
4. Classify sinonasal tumours. Describe steps of endoscopic
medial maxillectomy.
5+5
5. Enumerate causes of unilateral proptosis. Describe the
management of a case of Rhino-Orbital Mucormycosis.
3+7
6. Discuss the formation, regulation and function of saliva. What is
Electrogustometry?
7+3
7. Etiology, clinical features and management of Oral Submucous
Fibrosis.

8. Epidemiology, etiopathogenesis, clinical features and
management of Rhino-sporidiosis.

9. Subjective and objective measures of nasal airflow.
Method of Rhinomanometry.
6+4
10. Classify salivary gland neoplasms.
Management of a case of mucoepidermoid carcinoma of
parotid gland.
5+5