Buzzwords

Question 1

Little’s area/Kiesselbach’s plexus

Answer 1

branches from external carotid artery (via maxillary and facial) and internal carotid (via ophthalmic)

Question 2

Saddle nose

Answer 2

granulomatosis with polyangiitis

Question 3

Pearly white on otoscopy and foul, cheesy discharge

Answer 3

?cholesteatoma

Question 4

battle sign (bruising behind ears)

Answer 4

mastoid process of temporal bone fracture

Question 5

Vertigo on rotation movement of the head (especially looking up)

Answer 5

BPPV

Question 6

Bilateral vestibular schwannoma

Answer 6

NF-II

Question 7

Loss of corneal reflex (+ sensorineural hearing loss, vertigo and tinnitus)

Answer 7

Acoustic neuroma (vestibular schwannoma) associated with NF-II

Question 8

Feeling of “fullness” in the ear

Answer 8

Meniere’s disease

Question 9

Difficulty at school + have to shout loud to hear

Answer 9

? Hearing loss OME?

Question 10

“Fluid level behind drum”, “retracted drum”, “dull colour”

Answer 10

Otitis Media with Effusion

Question 11

golf ball CT

Answer 11

vestibular schwannoma

Question 12

low frequency sensineural hearing loss

Answer 12

meniere’s disease

Question 13

Dix-Hallpike test

Answer 13

benign positional paroxysmal vertigo

Question 14

racoon eyes

Answer 14

temporal bone fracture

Question 15

swimmer

Answer 15

otitis externa

Question 16

vesicles/ulcers on soft palate in pre school children

Answer 16

herpangina (coxsackie)

Question 17

male, >50, smoker, parotid swelling

Answer 17

warthin’s tumour

Question 18

verocay bodies

Answer 18

schwannoma

Question 19

nasal polyps in kids

Answer 19

cystic fibrosis

Question 20

phonophobic

Answer 20

migraine

Question 21

hardwood exposure

Answer 21

sinus cancer