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Ears Flashcards

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Congenital Malformations

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Malformed pinna
Skin tags / accessory pinna parts
Pre-auricular pit / sinus - hole/dimple/pit - may become infected - discharge
Microtia = no pinna +/- atresia of external ear canal

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Painful ear

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Causes of discharging ear! + external causes: 
Otitis externa 
Malignant necrotizing otitis externa
Furunculosis 
Bullous myringitis
Chondrodermatitis nodularis chronic helica 
Barotrauma 
Temporomandicular joint dysfunction
Referred pain from neck - C3, C4, C5
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Causes of otitis externa

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Eczema
Psoriasis
Trauma
Pseudomonas infection
Fungal infection
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Order

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Swab + culture

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Cauliflower ear

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Pinna hematoma - history of blunt trauma

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External ear - Bone abnormality

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Exostosis - localized bone hypertrophy

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External ear - Other

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Ear wax / cerumen. May be excessive, impaction - can cause conductive hearing loss.
Foreign body in ear

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Purulent discharge

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Acute otitis media
Chronic suppurative otitis media
Choleasteatoma

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Causes of acute otitis media

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Pneumococcos
Haemophilus
Streptococcous
Staphylococcus

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Complications of infectious otitis media

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Cholesteatoma
Mastoiditis
Petrositis - infection of petrous part of temporal bone
Facial palsy 
Labyrinthitis
Meningitis
Intracranial abscess
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Serous discharge / blockage

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Otitis media with effusion (OME)
No infection of the ear. Serous effusion as a result of upper RTI infection.
More common in young children.

Chronic otitis externa

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Discharge caused by trauma

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Bloody discharge

CSF otorrhea

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