General Surgery — Flashcards

What can eczematous skin changes of the areolar be associated with?

Otoscopy of acute otitis media will show an _____ tympanic membrane that is bulging with loss of the light reflex

Hint: appearance

_____ is a severe, necrotising infection of the external auditory canal which can extend to the skull base

The Centor criteria for isolating strep throat: _____ tonsillar Exudates Nodes (anterior cervical lymphadenopathy) Temperature (>38°C)

Hint: C

Malignant otitis externa may cause _____ if there is osteomyelitis of the skull base

What is the management of malignant otitis externa? _____

In penicillin-allergic patient, what is a suitable alternative to phenoxymethylpenicillin for a bacterial sore throat?

What is the managment for tonsilitis?

Consider _____ for acute otitis media if there is no-response to treatment OR the patient is severley unwell OR immunodeficiency

Hint: Investigation

Malignant otitis externa typically occurs in _____, immunocomprimised patients and in older age

Hint: Comorbidity