Buzzwords Flashcards
1
Q
“fluid level behind drum”
A
otitis media with effusion
2
Q
“retracted drum”
A
otitis media with effusion
3
Q
“dull colour”
A
otitis media with effusion
4
Q
difficulty at school and have to shout loud for them to hear
A
hearing loss OME
5
Q
feeling of fullness in the ear
A
Meniere’s disease
6
Q
loss of corneal reflex
+sensorineural hearing loss, vertigo and tinnitus
A
acoustic neuroma/vestibular schwannoma (assoc. w/NF-II)
7
Q
vertigo on rotation movement of the head
A
BPPV
8
Q
battle sign
A
bruising on skull specific to mastoid process of temporal bone fractures
9
Q
pearly white on otoscopy and foul, cheesy discharge
A
cholesteatoma
