[END OF ROUND] RHINOLOGY Flashcards
C/P: history of trauma, nasal tenderness on palpation, crepitus on palpation, swelling, deformed nose.
Nasal bone fracture
C/P: nasal obstruction (unilateral or bilateral) external nose deformity, epistaxis, headache & sinusitis, hyposmia/anosmia
Septal deviation
C/P: UNILATERAL OFFENSIVE purulent discharge, UNILATERAL nasal obstruction, child/mentally challenged adult
FB in nose
C/P: UNILATERAL CLEAR WATERY nasal discharge, increases with straining/leaning forward, doesn’t harden a sheet of cloth, headache
CSF Rhinorrhea
C/P: UNILATERAL nasal regurgitation following upper jaw trauma, history of teeth extraction, UNILATERAL OFFENSIVE nasal discharge
Oro-antral Fistula
C/P: BILATERAL persistent nasal obstruction following blunt trauma/surgery, bilateral smooth fluctuant swelling, aspiration shows blood
Septal hematoma
C/P: FAHM, BILATERAL nasal obstruction, throbbing pain, marked tenderness on touching nose, bilateral smooth fluctuant tender swelling, aspiration shows pus
Septal abscess
C/P: epistaxis, crust formations, whistling sound on nasal breathing
Septal perforation
C/P: BILATERAL persistent nasal obstruction, hyposmia/anosmia, sneezing, watery nasal discharge, itchy eyes.
BILATERAL, glistening, pale-greyish, smooth painless pedunculated mass arising from middle meati
Allergic nasal polypi
C/P: Intermittent nasal obstruction (can turn into persistent obstruction), hyposmia/anosmia, recurrent attacks of sneezing, itching, watery nasal discharge, and itchy eyes.
swollen pale-bluish nasal mucosa, hypertrophied inferior turbinates. +ve Skin prick test
Allergic rhinitis
C/P: Persistent nasal obstruction, profuse discharge, congestion, edema, hypertrophy of turbinates, NO itching, -ve skin prick test
Vasomotor Rhinitis
Overuse of local VC nasal drops/ACEIs/ βB/ OCPs causes
Rhinitis Medicamentosa
C/P: 13-20 years, UNILATERAL Nasal obstruction (can turn into bilateral obstruction), UNILATERAL mucoid discharge, history of chronic sinusitis, pale greyish jelly-like mass with retained mucoid/mucopurulent discharge. Can lead to gagging when lying on the back in ADVANCED cases
Antrochoanal polyp
C/P: Painful small red, hot tender swelling in the vestibule, scanty purulent nasal discharge when ruptured, throbbing pain with swelling of tip of nose,
edema
Furuncles of nasal vestibule
C/P: BILATERAL green-grey offensive nasal discharge, crustations, BILATERAL obstruction despite wide roomy nasal cavity, anosmia, epistaxis, small turbinates
Chronic atrophic rhinitis