auditory

Question 1

sudden sensorineural hearing loss should be treated empirically with…

Answer 1

predisone (steriod)

Question 2

What can cause loss of hair cells along with a sensorineural neuropathy?

Answer 2

cisplatin anti cancer toxin

Question 3

What is the difference between peripheral vestibular syndrome and central peripheral syndrome?

Answer 3

peripheral abates when focus on one point and nystagmus worsens in one direction

Central does not abate when visual focus and nystagmus doesn’t get better or worse in one direction

Question 4

in a subacute case of recurrent ear infections what is a possible sequelae?

Answer 4

obtundation dure to Otitis media spread to the brain as a brain abscess
*especially if the child is immune compromised

Question 5

in a bacterial abcess in the brain what would T2 imaging show>

Answer 5

midline shift due to swelling around the abcess (less likely to be diffuse and more likely localized around abscess)
fairly regular borders (infarct would have irregular borders)
*brain abcess most likely from hematogenous spread to MCA because path of least resistance