Otolaryngology Flashcards
Cauliflower deformity
Boxer
Repeated trauma
Perichondritis
Painful vesicles on ear
Neuropathic pain
Herpes zoster
Painful ear infection
External otitis
Painless ear infection
Otitis media
Most common organism that causes otitis externa
Pseudomonas aeruginosa
Causes swimmer’s ear
Pseudomonas aeruginosa
Herpes zoster oticus complication
Ramsay Hunt Syndrome
Facial paralysis
Obstructed apopilosebaceous unit ob lateral 1/3 of posterosuperior canal by Staph aureus
Furunculosis
Otomycosis is caused by
Aspergillus flavus, nigra (immunocompetent)
Candida (immunocompromised DM, steroids)
Cottonball appearance on otoscopy
Otomycosis
Perichondritis is caused by
Necrosis of ear cartilage
Atresia of external auditory canal
Complete absence of middle ear cleft and profound sensorineural deafness
Microtia
Hereditary Deafness
Glomerular Nephritis
defect in Type IV Collagen (Basement membrane)
Alport syndrome
Ears which stand out from side of head due to inc angle from posterior auricle and skull
Loss of antihelical fold
Lop Ear deformity
Most common inherited syndrome causing hearloss
Branchio-oto-renal Syndrome
Bilateral in 25-50%
5x risk of general population for permanent hearing impairment
Pre auricular sinus/pits
Tensor tympani In
Trigeminal V
Stapedius in
Seventh Facial
Hyperacusis in Bell’s is bec of
Involvement of Facial n that supply stapedius. Foot plate of stapes communicates with oval window
Ruptured tympanic membrane
Otorrhea
Stage 3 Suppuration OM
Mastoid
Decalcification, osteoclastic reaction
Mastoid coalescence
Mastoiditis
Stage 4 Coalescence OM
OM Complications
Mastoiditis
Choleastoma
Meningitis
Stage 5 OM
Resolution
Coalescence
Extra or intracranial complication
Temporal brain abscess
Stage 6 Complication OM
Frontal lobe abscess
Recurrent sinusitis
COM etiologic agent
Pseudomonas
Proteus
Strep
Waldeyer’s ring (6)
Paired
Palatine/Faucial
Tubal/Gerlach
Unpaired
Adenoids
Lingual
Protrusion of both sides of tongue
Depression of tongue
Genioglossus
Retraction of tongue
Styloglossus
Hyoglossus
Epithelium in oral cavity
Stratified squamous
Tongue of men
90% of oral cavity cancer
SCC of tongue
In tongue SCC assess
Mobilitt
Ability to cross midline
Location (base)
Tonsils virtually in contact with each other
Kissing tonsils
Brodsky Grade 4
Airway obstruction
Pathogen causing 20% of common colds
Rhinovirus
Causes 5% of colds
Coronavirus
Bacterial pathogen tonsilltis 15-30%
Group A Beta Hemolytic Streptococcus pyogenes
Group A Beta Hemolytic Strep causes
Rheumatic fever
Causes 5% of most bacterial pathogenic tonsillitis
Streptococcus Group C
Dangerous Triangle of Face
Arteries
Superior labial mouth
Angular
Facial
Infection arising from danger triangle of face
Cavernous sinus thrombosis
Trigeminal nerve V1
Ophthalmic:
Nasociliary - tip of nose
External nasal
Infratrochlear
Nerve for facial nerve grafting
Sural nerve
Dangerous space in pharynx
Retropharyngeal space
Fracture of walls of floor of orbit
Blow out fracture
Pathognomonic of orbital floor fracture
Tear drop sign
Orbital fat or muscle that herniates into maxillary sinus
Lefort I
Horizontal
Maxillary
Guerin fracture
Lefort II
Pryamidal fracture
Lefort III
Crosses orbital sockets
Craniofacial dysfunction
Calvarium separates from facial bone
Pan face deformity
Tripod Malar Fracture (3)
Orbital floor fx
Fx of lateral wall of maxillary antrum
Zygomatic arch fx
Most common site of mandibular fracture
Condylar fracture (36%)
Most common fractured facial bone
Nasal
Deviated septum
Epistaxis
Nasal fracture
Cavernous sinus content (5)
CN III CN IV CN V1, V2 CN VI ICA
Cavernous sinus thrombosis pathway
Inferior ophthalmic/Labial vein
Facial vein
Dangerous area of face
CVS
V1 exits on
Superior orbital foramen
V2 exits on
Foramen Rotundum
V3 exits on
Foramen ovale