External Ear
This medical term means "ear pain"
What is otalgia?
This most common intracranial tumor arises from the eight cranial nerve.
What is acoustic neuroma?
This type of hearing loss can come from cerumen impaction, middle ear fluid, or ossicular chain fixation.
What is conductive hearing loss?
This disorder is characterized by painful, creamy-white curd-like patches which are easily rubbed off.
What is candidiasis?
This is the most common location for anterior epistaxis.
What is Kiesselbach's plexus?
This can be caused by attempts to clean the ear, obstruction, narrowing of the ear canal, or overproduction.
This inner ear disorder results most often from air travel but may also occur as a result of diving or rapid altitudinal change.
What is barotrauma?
These two tests help differentiate conductive and sensorineural hearing loss.
What are Weber and Rinne?
This most commonly originates from odontogenic infections and presents with marked neck pain, swelling, and fever, and can rapidly compromise the airway.
What is a deep neck abscess?
Common clinical findings include unilateral rhinorrhea, epistaxis, foul odor, and nasal obstruction.
What are nasal foreign bodies?
What is otitis externa?
The 3 main functions of this inner ear structure are pressure regulation, protection of the middle ear, and mucociliary clearance.
What is the eustachian tube?
This disorder is usually due to an upper respiratory infection causing eustachian tube dysfunction and leading to infected fluid in the ear.
What is otitis media?
This sign on lateral neck films is classic for epiglottitis.
What is thumbprint sign?
These 3 things make up Samter's Triad.
What are asthma, nasal polyps, and aspirin/NSAID sensitivity/allergy?
This pathogen is responsible for most cases of malignant otitis externa.
What is pseudomonas aeruginosa?
This inner ear disorder causes inflammation that can result in dizziness, vertigo, and hearing loss.
What is labyrinthitis?
This disorder is caused by prolonged eustachian tube dysfunction resulting in chronic negative pressure in the middle ear and retraction of the tympanic membrane.
What is cholesteatoma?
This infection presents with severe sore throat, odynophagia, trismus, and an abnormal muffled voice.
What is a peritonsillar abscess?
Subacute rhinosinusitis lasts for this length of time.
What is 4 to 12 weeks?
This disorder is characterized by bony lumps that grow in the deeper part of the meatus and are commonly seen in surfers.
What is exostosis?
This disorder is caused by displaced otoliths.
What is benign paroxysmal positional vertigo?
What is hemotympanum?
This tool assesses tonsillar exudates, cervical adenopathy, fever, and cough as criteria to diagnose strep pharyngitis.
What are Centor Criteria.
This is the most common head and neck fracture.
What is nasal bone fracture?