ENT

Question 1

Sensorineural Hearing loss at lower frequencies
Tinnitus
Vertigo lasting greater than 20-minute episodes
Aural Fullness

What symptoms does this sound like?

Answer 1

Meniere Disease

Question 2

Acute Vertigo Onset
Gait Instability
Nausea/Vomiting
No hearing loss or tinnitus

What is this?

Answer 2

Vestibular Neuritis

Question 3

Facial Paresthesia
Hyperesthesia
Pain, in face, what are we thinking?

Answer 3

Trigeminal Neuroma

Question 4

Unilateral hearing loss
Tinnitus
Difficulty walking
Physical Exam: asymmetric sensorineural hearing loss

What is this?

Answer 4

Acoustic Neuroma

Question 5

What is this? This will come and go, recurrent and painful oral mucosal lesions

Answer 5

Recurrent Aphthous Somatitis or Canker Sore (the technical term)

Question 6

Patient has HIV, painless lesions, and then cannot be scrapped off with a tongue depressor. What is this?

Answer 6

Oral Hairy Leukoplakia

FYI: If lesions can be scrapped off, think oral thrush

Question 7

What disease has fever, chills, malaise, mouth pain, stiff neck, drooling, and dysphagia? No trismus, patients may lean forward to keep airway open

Answer 7

Ludwig Angina, infection in submandibular space

Question 8

What is trismus?

Answer 8

Jaw range of motion is limited