Question 183 · LDEK · Abscesses and phlegmons
In the course of which abscesses listed below there is a risk of airway obstruction:
1) submasseteric;
2) subpalatal;
3) sublingual;
4) root of the tongue;
5) submental.
The correct answer is:
2) subpalatal;
3) sublingual;
4) root of the tongue;
5) submental.
The correct answer is:
- A. 1,4,5.
- B. 2,3,4.
- C. 3,4.
- D. 1,2,3,4.
- E. 1,3,4,5.
Hint
Ask which spaces lie directly beneath or behind the tongue, so that swelling can push it backward or narrow the pharynx.
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