Head & Neck Clinic / Two-week-rule tree / Results & MDTCLINICALLY REVIEWED Fictional educational material only—not a clinical decision aid. Check current guidance and the applicable local pathway before use.
Fictional educational cases. This is not an examination pass score or a real-patient treatment tool. No patient information is collected. Changing patient or restarting clears this attempt. Choose an encounter 1. Neck patient · reconcile the biopsy 2. Neck patient · occult-primary MDT 3. Tongue patient · pathology changes treatment 4. Tongue patient · function and reconstruction 5. Voice patient · choose a deliverable treatment 6. Voice patient · missed visit or informed refusal? Original three patients Neck patient · reconcile the biopsy Episode 1 of the 52-year-old teacher’s pathway. The enlarging level-II cystic node has yielded a scant aspirate. The airway remains stable.
Decision 1 of 5 · Urgency Information available now The aspirate contains cyst contents and macrophages; it is inadequate to exclude malignancy. The lump is still enlarging. There is no stridor, acute infection or major bleeding.
Which action owns the unresolved result? Arrange prompt specialist reassessment and targeted repeat sampling with an adequacy plan Accept the aspirate as proof of a benign cyst and discharge Book routine review in six months because the airway is stable Restart attempt · Return to reference tree
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