ENT Flashcards
Diagnosis: Vertigo lasting seconds/minutes
BPPV
How to diagnose and treat BPPV
Hallpike test and epley manoeuvre
Diagnosis: Paralysis of one side of the face due to compression of the facial nerve (CN VII)
Bell’s palsy
Diagnosis: Sore ear, facial nerve palsy, rash around ear, vertigo and tinnitus
Ramsey hunt syndrome
What causes ramsey hunt syndrome
Varicella zoster virus reactivation in the geniculate ganglion of the facial nerve.
Treatment of Ramsey hunt syndrome
Aciclovir and corticosteroids
Diagnosis: Vertigo minutes to hours, aural fullness, hearing loss, tinnutis
Meniere’s
Diagnosis: Vertigo (days), sensorineural hearing loss, tinnitis, slow corneal reflex
Vestibular schwannoma
Diagnosis: Vertigo minutes to hours, hearing loss, vomit when lifting head, previous infection
Labrynthitis
How to treat labrynthitis
Self-limiting or antibiotics potentially
Differential diagnosis of a neck lump superficially
Sebaceous cyst, lipoma, neurofibroma and carbuncle
Differential diagnosis of a neck lump in the midline of the neck
Thyroid, thyroglossal cyst, dermoid cyst
Differential diagnosis of a neck lump in the anterior triangle
Lymph nodes, branchial cyst, salivary glands, carotid body tumour
Differential diagnosis of a neck lump in the posterior triangle
Lymphadenopathy and cystic hygroma
Investigation of a unilateral hearing loss
MRI
