General Pediatrics Flashcards
Cystic neck masses
In general need to be removed because can become infected or blood-filled after hemorrhage
Painless midline neck mass that moves with tongue protrusion; may increase in size with URI or inflammation
Thyroglossal duct cyst
** most common congenital cystic lesion **
Nontender, fluctuant mass in lateral anterior triangle, may have associated drainage or inflammation
Branchial cleft cyst
Soft, smooth, nontender, compressible mass in posterior triangle, +transilluminates
Lymphatic malformation (cystic hygroma)
Red or bluish soft mass of variable location, + changes with valsalva
Hemangioma
Neck mass just lateral to midline that may have associated stridor, cough, or hoarseness, + changes with valsalva
Laryngocele
Supraclavicular mass more noticeable with crying, straining or coughing, increases with valsalva
Cervical lung hernia
Suprahyoid, nontender, smooth, rubbery mass
Dermoid cyst
Midline mass associated with hypo or hyperthyroidism
Goiter
Cystic hygroma
Only lesion that consistently transilluminates
Noonan Syndrome
Down Syndrome
Turner Syndrome
But only need to send testing if other features
How many external hemangiomas necessitate search for internal hemangiomas?
> 5
Empiric ABX for lymphadenitis
Clindamycin
Augmentin
1st/2nd gen cephalosporin in younger children
What is the most common cause of conductive hearing loss
OME
Most common non-syndromic sensorineural hearing loss
connexin 26 gene defect (AR)
Fainting + Long QT + SNHL
Jervelle Lange-Nielsen (AR)
Retinitis pigmentosa + SNHL
Usher Syndrome (AR)
Glomerulonephritis + high frequency SNHL
Alport’s Syndome (AR)
Pigment defects, different colored eyes, white forelock, SNHL
Waardenburg
Goiter + SNHL +/- balance abnormalities
Pendrid Syndrome
SNHL + vertigo after trauma
perilymphatic fistula