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Station 1:
Look at the patient's face.
Examine his right external auditory canal
Anterior 2/3 of tongue, soft palate, external auditory canal, and pinna
Station 2:
Name the various eye care procedures which should be followed in treating the patient at
the previous station
1. Wearing of eye glasses to prevent corneal damage
2. Instilling moisturizing eye drops to prevent exposure keratitis
Station 3:
Station 4:
Station 5:
Perform otoscopy on this patient
Station 6:
Name the structures numbered
1. Round window
2. Stapedial tendon
3. Pyramid
4. Long process of incus
Station 7:
Write down the possible causes of bilateral retracted ear drum
1. Nasopharyngeal carcinoma
2. Following adenotonsillectomy (Iatrogenic)
3. Cleft palate
Station 8:
Comment on ear discharge of this patient
What could be the possible diagnosis ?
1. Scanty
2. Foul smelling
3. Blood tinged (sometimes)
4. CSOM with attic cholesteatoma
Station 9:
Name this condition seen on the ear drum
Enumerate 3 causes for it
1. Tympanosclerosis
2. Due to resolved otitis media
3. Trauma
4. Grommet insertion (Iatrogenic)
Station 10:
65 years old man
Known diabetic for 15 years on poor glycemic control
c/o pain left ear - 1 month
Blood stained discharge from left ear - 1 month
Tragal tenderness left side - 15 days
Inability to close left eye - 10 days
Otoscopic finding:
Station 11:
Station 12:
5 years old child
c/o excrutiating pain in right ear - 6 hours
H/O URI - 2 days
Otoscopy showed:
Station 13:
Name the surgery performed in AOM
Indication for surgery in AOM
Myringotomy
AOM which does not respond to adequate medical managment within 48 hours
Station 14:
Post surgical otoscopic finding of a patient with AOM
Station 15:
50 years old female patient came with
c/o
Pulsatile tinnitus - 3 years right ear
Hard of hearing - right ear 2 years
Otoscopic findings:
Station 16:
Name the possible clinical features of glomus jugulare
1. Deafness
2. Tinnitus (pulsatile)
3. Imbalance
4. Otorrhoea
5. Facial palsy
6. Endocrine symptoms
7. Head ache
8. Visual disturbances
Station 17:
Differential diagnosis of this lesion:
Station 18:
40 years old male patient
C/O swelling behind left ear - 7 days
Pain in left ear - 4 days
H/O ear discharge - 8 years
Station 19:
30 years old male patient came with c/o
Pain right ear - 1 week
Blocking sensation right ear - 10 days
Mild discharge from right ear - 1 week
Otoscopy shows:
Station 20:
Perform three finger test on this patient
Greet the patient first
Explain the procedure
Reassure the patient
Three fingers are used to perform this test.
Middle finger is used to apply pressure over the well of the concha - Tenderness in this area
indicates tenderness over the antral area
Index finger is used to apply pressure over mastoid process - Tenderness indicates
mastoiditis
Thumb is used to apply pressure over mastoid tip - Tenderness indicates mastoid emissary
vein thrombophlebitis
Station 21:
Station 22:
22 year male patient came with c/o swelling over right pinna - 4 days
Mild pain ++
No h/o fever
Station 23:
Perform Unterberger test on this patient
Narrate the aim of this test
What will happen if the patient has a paralytic labyrinthine lesion ?
What will happen in the presence of an active irritative lesion ?
1. Greet the patient.
2. Explain the procedure to the patient / take his consent
3. This test aims to reduce proprioceptive input
4. The patient will rotate to the side of a paralytic labyrinthine lesion
5. In the presence of an active and irritative lesion the patient cannot perform this test.
Procedure:
The patient is asked to stand with eyes closed and hands outstretched.
He is instructed to march on the spot.
Station 24:
30 year old male came with swelling & tenderness over right parotid area - 3 days duration
H/O Right ear discharge on and off - 3 months.
How could the infection from ear spread to the parotid gland ?
Spread of infections from mastoid and vice versa can occur through fissures of santorini.
This fissure is present over the cartilagenous portion of the external auditory canal.
Station 25:
What is this ?
Comment on this diagram
It is a laddergram of ABLB test (Alternate loudness balance test)
This laddergram indicates complete recruitment.. Recruitment is common in cochlear
deafness. It is not seen in retrocochlear deafness.
Station 31:
30 years old male patient came with complaints of foul smelling discharge from his right ear
- 10 days.
He also complained of mild pain in the right ear. Itching ++ in right ear.
Otoscopy picture is seen below:
No not necessary. To identify those patients who require abdominal ultrasound Wang's
criteria should be used.
Wang's criteria include:
1. Presence of another malformation / Dysmorphic feature
2. Family history of deafness
3. Malformations involving pinna
4. Maternal history of gestational diabetes
Station 33
Name the cranial nerves whose functions can be tested by using Impedance audiometry:
7th cranial nerve and 8th cranial nerve functions can be tested by performing this
investigation.
Station 35
30 years old female patient came to the OPD with c/o:
Hard of hearing both sides 4 years
Tinnitus on and off left ear 6 months
O/e:
Ear drum on both sides appeared normal. They also showed normal mobility on
siegalization.
Given below is the audiogram of the patient: