Otolaryngology Residency Mock Interview
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What can cause sinonasal tumors?
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Krista Wenz has been on thousands of interview panels hiring EMS professionals and firefighters for public and private agencies.
During your interview, you may be asked questions relevant to your profession to test your competency. Some causes of these rare tumors include being infected with the human papillomavirus (HPV) and exposure to industrial fumes, tobacco, and radiation. Other causes include wood, flour, textile, leather, nickel, or chromium dust exposure. Describe the different causes of sinonasal tumors to show the interviewers your knowledge of these tumors.
Krista Wenz has been on thousands of interview panels hiring EMS professionals and firefighters for public and private agencies.
"Sinonasal tumors are extremely rare and are only 3% of tumors seen in the upper respiratory tract. They are generally seen more in men than women and can be caused by exposure to industrial chemicals, tobacco, the human papillomavirus, and exposure to wood, leather, nickel, textile, or chromium dust. I saw a patient diagnosed with a sinonasal tumor during my clinicals. He had worked at a textile factory for 35 years, and that is what the attending felt contributed to his cancerous tumor."
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