Diseases of the Ear — Flashcards

In _____, the fluid is clear hence one can see the structures of the middle ear quite clearly.

_____ used in mastoid surgery to explore the air cells with one end and to curette the intervening septa and granulations with the other.

Hint: Instrument

Menieres Disease presents with a _____lateral sensorineural type of hearing loss

SOM/OME presents as _____lateral, painless, fluctuating, and conductive hearing loss not more than 40 dB.

Presence of hyalinization and calcification involving only the _____ is known as myringosclerosis

Gradenigos syndrome is a triad that consists of:-_____-Deep ear/facial pain (V Nerve involvement)-Persistent ear discharge (otitis media)

Keratosis obturans is sometimes associated with _____ and chronic sinusitis

Hint: respiratory

_____ is bilateral multiple smooth sessile bony swellings in the deeper canal of the ear

Recurrent OM is pyogenic inflammation of middle ear cleft if e_____ episodes within 6 months or e4 episodes within 12 months are seen.

Characteristic features of Tuberculous otitis media include:_____ in pars tensa of the tympanic membrane and pale granulations in middle ear cleft