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1
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Drainage of sinuses in meatus

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Supreme - sphenoid
Superior - posterior ethmoid
Middle - Maxillary, frontal, anterior & middle ethmoid
Inferior (largest) - Nasolacrimal duct

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2
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Sphenoethmoidal

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Recess - Supreme meatus
Air cell - onodi cell

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3
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Pus in posterior pharyngeal wall

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Sphenoid sinusitis
Postnasal drip

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4
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Allergic fungal rhino sinusitis

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Peanut butter
Heterogenous opacity

Bent & Kuhn criteria
Fungal smear - major
Fungal culture - minor

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5
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Doubles

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Double density - AFRS
Double ring
- HRCT - Cochlear otosclerosis
- tissue paper - CSF rhinorrhea

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6
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Button battery in EAC

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Facial nerve palsy

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7
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Named Air cells

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Agger nasi - most anterior
Onodi Most posterior
Bulla ethmoidalis - largest
Haller - Floor of anterior ethmoid
Concha bullosa - pneumatization of middle turbinate

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8
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Hypertrophic rhinitis

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Inferior turbinate
Mulberry mucosa

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9
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Mulberry

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Polyp - Rhinosporodiosis
Mucosa - hypertrophic rhinitis

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10
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Foul smelling crust

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Merciful anosmia - Atrophic rhinitis
Woody nose - Rhinoscleroma

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11
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Wood

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Woody nose - Rhinoscleroma
Wood industry - Adeno cell ca of ethmoid
Woody swelling in DM - Ludwig abscess
Woodman procedure - removing aretynoid in cordectomy
Woodruff plexus - venous plexus in posterior lateral wall

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12
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Red polyp from

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Septum - capillary hemangioma
Inferior turbinate - cavernous hemangioma

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13
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Malignancy from septum

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Red - capillary hemangioma
White - papilloma
Dark brown - malignant melanoma

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14
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Malignancy from lateral wall

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Posterior wall of maxillary sinus -
Damaged - Squamous cell ca
Intact - inverted papilloma

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15
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Ohngren’s line

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Root of nose to angle of mandible
Below - good prognosis
Above - poor prognosis

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16
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Guerin sign

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Palatal ecchymosis in le fort I fracture

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17
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Olfactory test

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CC SIT - 12 stimuli
UP SIT - 10 stimuli
Smell diskette

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18
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Quienke disease

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Edema over soft palate

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19
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Abscess lower limit extend upto

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Parapharyngeal - hyoid bone - I/D Ant. SCM
Retropharyngeal - bifurcation of trachea - I/D post SCM

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20
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Swelling in posterior pharyngeal wall

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Localized - retro pharyngeal abscess
Diffuse - prevertebral abscess

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21
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Angiofibroma

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Teenage boy
Sphenopalatine foramen
Hollman miller sign
Epistaxis
No biopsy
No debulking
Surgery in toto → embolize internal maxillary artery

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22
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Hollman miller sign

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Posterior wall of maxillary sinus bending down in angiofibroma

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23
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Posterior wall of EAC bending down

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Sagging of canal
Mastoiditis

24
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Trotter’s triad

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Glue ear
V CN palsy
X CN palsy

25
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Trotters method

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Epistaxis
T/t TELSPA - Trans Endoscopic Ligation of Sphenopalatine Artery

26
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Gradenigo triad

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Otorrhea
V CN palsy
VI CN palsy

27
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Chalky white mass

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Tympanic sclerosis
Cholesteatoma - necrosis
Keratosis obturans - B/L - centripetal squamous growth

28
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Malignant otitis externa stages

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I - Ear discharge + Granulation (Tc99 -ve)
II - I + Tc99 +ve (necrosis)
III - CN palsy (VII)
IIIa - single CN
IIIb - multiple CN
IV - Intracranial complications

Prognosis - gallium, ESR
↓ ESR after 2 weeks - good prognosis

Psuedomonas - 3rd gen cephalosporins

29
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Tullios phenomenon

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Sound induced Vertigo
Seen in
Sensory deafness
Fistula
Superior SSC Dehiscence

30
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Tympanic membrane colour

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Blue - Serous otitis media
Red - cart wheel appearance - ASOM

31
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Tympanoplasty

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Type I - Myringotomy
Type II - Myringoincudopexy
Type III - Collumellar effect
Type IV - Minor cavem
Type V - Round window shielding

32
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Schwartz

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Sign - flamingo pink sign - reddish cochlear promontory - otosclerosis - C/I for surgery

Procedure - cortical mastoidectomy - canal wall up procedure

33
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Mastoidectomy

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Modified radical - preserve normal - CSOM

Radical - remove normal - block ET - Malignancy

34
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Brown sign

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Blanching of glomus tumor on exerting pressure

35
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Aquino sign

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Blanching of glomus tumor on occluding neck vessels

36
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Artery embolization in ENT

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Ear - Ascending pharyngeal artery - Glomus tumor
Nose - TELSPA - Epistaxis
Throat - Internal maxillary artery - Angiofibroma

37
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IOC for conductive deafness

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Impedance audiometry - Tympanogram + Stapedial reflex

38
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Higher centre for stapedial reflex

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Superior olivary complex

39
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Noise induced hearing loss

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Dip in PTA at 4000 Hz
Maximum db
WHO - 85 dB
Indian factory act - 90 dB
City - 45 dB

40
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Recruitment phenomenon

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Oversensitivity >70%
Sensory deafness
SISI

41
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Roll over phenomenon

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Fatiguability
Neural deafness
Decay test

42
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Paracusis willsi

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Comfortable in noisy surrounding
Conductive deafness

43
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Auditory pathway

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Eighth nerve
Cochlear nucleus
Trapezoid body
Superior olivary nucleus
Lateral lemniscus
Inferior colliculus - BERA upto IC
Medial geniculate body - CERA after IC - not done in children
Auditory cortex

44
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OAE -ve, next

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ECOG - presence of cochlea
Impedance audiometry - Middle ear pathology

45
Q

Donaldson line

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Line along HSCC, bisecting PSCC end in endolymphatic sac

46
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ABLB
SISI

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Alternate Binaural Loudness Balance - U/L sensory deafness
Short Increment Sensitivity Index - B/L sensory deafness

47
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BERA

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Largest wave - V
Sensitive wave - I (reliable)
Latency period
↑ - neural deafness
↓ - sensory deafness

48
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Coclear and brainstem Implants

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CI : electrode in scala tympani
Stimulate 8th nerve

BI : electrode in lateral recess of 4th ventricle
Stimulate cochlear nucleus

49
Q

Nystagmus

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Superior - rotational
Posterior - vertical
Lateral - horizontal

Slow component - same side - slow(hypo)active ear

50
Q

Mc site for hypopharynx malignancy

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Pyriform fossa

51
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Nerve damaged in retrieval of FB from pyriform fossa

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Internal branch of superior laryngeal nerve

52
Q

Vocal cord paralysis

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Type I: Medialization - B/L SLN palsy - Aphonia, Aspiration
Type II: Lateralization - B/L RLN palsy
Type III: shortening, relaxation (lower pitch) - Puberphonia
Type IV: lengthening, tension (raise pitch) - Androphonia

53
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Gutsman test

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Pressure over thyroid, pitch lowers, puberphonia

54
Q

Croup

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Acute Laryngotracheobronchitis

Children - 6 months to 3 years of age
Para influenza virus

Barking cough
Biphasic stridor
Narrowing of subglottic region - steeple sign

Treatment:
Supportive care
Oxygen therapy
Single dose Dexamethasone
Nebulized epinephrine

55
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Sudden sensorineural hearing loss

A

Lyme disease and syphilis
30dB in 3 frequencies over 3 days

Treatment
Steroids
Carbogen (95% O2 and 5% CO2)

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