Buzzwords and Key Facts

Question 1

Fluid level behind the eardrum, retracted eardrum, dull colour

Answer 1

OME

Question 2

Difficulty at school, have to shout loud for child to hear

Answer 2

OME

Question 3

Feeling of fullness in the ear

Answer 3

Menieres

Question 4

Loss of corneal reflex

Answer 4

Acoustic neuroma (NF2)

Question 5

Vertigo on rotation of the head

Answer 5

BPPV

Question 6

Battle sign

Answer 6

Mastoid process of temporal bone fractures

Question 7

Pearly white otoscope and foul, cheesy discharge

Answer 7

Cholesteatoma

Question 8

What patches on red raw mucous membranes in the throat/mouth

Answer 8

Candida

Question 9

How do you treat a candida throat infection

Answer 9

Nystatin

Question 10

Sore throat with a grey/white membrane across the pharynx

Answer 10

Diphtheria

Question 11

How do you treat diphtheria?

Answer 11

Anti-toxin

Question 12

Painless lump in the posterior triangle, commonest cancer in china

Answer 12

Nasopharyngeal carcinoma

Question 13

Cleft palate and maxillofacial problems predispose to what

Answer 13

Middle ear problems, especially glue ear

Question 14

Cause of epistaxis in a patient with recent surgery

Answer 14

Anticoagulant overdose

Question 15

What neck lump will move when you stick out the tongue

Answer 15

Thyroglossal duct cysts

Question 16

Pain and swelling under the chin after eating

Answer 16

Sialolithesis

Question 17

Hoarseness > 3 weeks should have what investigation

Answer 17

Indirect laryngoscopy

Question 18

Deafness after showers in someone with poor hygiene

Answer 18

Wax obstruction

Question 19

Deafness and kidney failure

Answer 19

Alport’s syndrome

Question 20

Reed Sternberg cells

Answer 20

Hodgkin’s lymphoma

Question 21

Saddle nose

Answer 21

GPA