Study Guide Flashcards
What is the main landmark for the tympanic membrane?
Malleus handle
Which of the following allows us to see the nasopharynx the best?
Flexible fiber optic scope
If someone has an earache, why would you look at the larynx?
Laryngeal carcinoma
Referred otalgia (ear pain)
What do you outer hair cells do?
What do you do for an ear exam?
Pneumatoscopy
What are the S/Sx of acoustic neuroma?
- Retrochcolear lesions
- Asymmetric hearing loss
- Tinnitus
- Vertigo
- Wrong speech discrimination
Meningitis can be a complication of which common nasal infection?
Sinusitis
Infection can go through sinuses; 1/3 normal; 1/3 dead; 1/3 disability
Acute Rhinosinusitis last for how long?
≤4 weeks
Then total resolution of symptoms
Subacute rhinosinusitis last for how long?
4-12 weeks
Then total resolution of symptoms
Recurrent acute rhinosinusitis last for how long?
≥4 episodes per year
Resolution between relapse
Chronic rhinosinusitis last for how long?
≥12 weeks
How do you detect oral cancer?
Visual inspection
What is the most common head and neck cancer?
Squamous cell carcinoma
T/F: Tobacco is still the #1 cause of all head and neck cancers.
True
T/F: All patients with nasal packing to treat epistaxis must be on anti-staphylococcal Abx
True
Bacitracin
Malar “Tripod” fractures include:
Zygomatico
* Frontal
* Temporal
* Maxillary
* Sphenoid
Can entrap EOM & Infraorbital nerve
Epistaxis occurs in which plexus?
Kisselbach’s plexus
What is the Tx protocol for a peritonsilar abscess?
I&D
What is the incidence of malignancy of the parotid gland?
20%
Head and neck cancer is most common at what stage of life?
40 to 60 yo
Do punch biopsy or excision for skin cancer Dx
Thyroid nodules are benign what percentage of time?
95%
What is the thyroid disease that displays exophthalmos?
Graves disease
You should biopsy a thyroid nodule if what size?
≥1.5 cm
What organism causes otitis externa?
P. aeruginosa
What type of hearing loss occurs in otitis media with effusion?
Conductive hearing loss
What is the Tx for otitis externa?
Topical drops
