ENT Flashcards
vocal cord nodules tend to be:
bilateral
acoustic neuromas can:
cause swallowing difficulties
common otitis externa organisms
staph aureus
pseudomonas aeruginosa is freshwater swimmers
proteus mirabilis in freshwater swimmers
what is a cholesteatoma?
dead skin in the ear canal that get trapped
keratin elicits inflammation which causes bone resorption
causes retraction pockets
epithelial debris
hearing loss
can cause recurrent infections leading to bells palsy and meningitis
DDX of nasal discharge?
Allergy/non infective - no cacosmia, clear discharge - give antihistamines
if infective - cacosmia, purulent discharge,
can be caused by nasal polyp, or sinusitis
most common benign parotid tumour
pleomorphic adenoma
most common malignant parotid tumour
mucoepidermoid carcinoma
most common organism responsible for bullous myringitis
staph aureus
common causes of suppurative otitis media
aspergillus fumigatus
mycobacterium tuberculosis
pseudomonas aeruginosa
staphylococcus aureus
a negative rinne test
suggestive of otosclerosis
what is freys syndrome
facial sweating during eating on the side of recent parotid surgery
