ENT-2

Question 1

Ringing in Ear

Answer 1

Tinnitus- Foreign body, pulsatin vascular tumor, ASA, Hearing loss.

Question 2

surrounding spinning w/ eyes open

Answer 2

vertigo

Question 3

pt feels as if they are spinning not their surroundings

Answer 3

dizziness

Question 4

sudden episodic vertigo w/ head movement lasts for seconds

Answer 4

Benign positional vertigo

Question 5

Tx for benign positonal vertigo

Answer 5

epley maneuver

Question 6

aural fullness, tinnitus, episodic vertigo last for hours

Answer 6

Menieres dz triad= hearing loss, tinnitus, episodic vertigo for hours

Question 7

Menieres dz pathology

Answer 7

dilation of membranous labyrinth results from excess endolymph

Question 8

menieres dz tx

Answer 8

low Na, low caffeine, thiazides/anticholinergics/antihistamine. Sx last resort

Question 9

Vertigo lasting days to weeks preceded by viral Respiratory illness

Answer 9

Viral labyinthitis

Question 10

Tx of viral labyrinthitis

Answer 10

meclizine

Question 11

Vertigo, sudden deafness, tinnitus

Answer 11

acoustic neurooma-

Question 12

causes of acoustic neuroma

Answer 12

CN 8 schwannoma affects vestibular portion but also cochlea

Question 13

DX- Acousitic neuroma

Answer 13

MRI of CPA

Question 14

Tx of acoustic neuroma

Answer 14

local radiation or sx excision