FINAL EXAM NATIONAL BOARD OF EXAMINATIONS
DECEMBER 2016

POSSESSION USE OF CELL PHONES OR ANY SUCH ELECTRONIC GADGETS IS NOT PERMITTED INSIDE THE
EXAMINATION HALL.
OTORHINOLARYNGOLOGY
PAPER I
Please read carefully the important instructions mentioned on Page
• Answers to questions of Part and Part are to be strictly attempted in separate answer
sheet(s) and the main supplementary answer sheet(s) used for each part must be tagged
separately.
• Answers to questions of Part attempted in answer sheet(s) of Part or vice versa shall
not be evaluated.
PART B
6. Embryological development of pinna.
Etiology of preauricular sinus and its management.

7. Enumerate various ototoxic drugs with their
mechanism of action for producing ototoxicity.
How will you diagnose and manage a case of
ototoxicity?

8. Histological features of otosclerosis.
Clinical features and audiological eligibility for surgery.

9. Define stem cells.
Properties of stem cells and its possible therapeutic
uses in ENT practice.

10. Enumerate the various intracranial complications of
unsafe CSOM.
Pathways for spread for intracranial disease.
Outline the management of lateral sinus
thrombophlebitis.