QUESTION CARD 1

1. Clinical Anatomy of the external, middle ear and mastoid.

2. Vestibular Schwannoma.

3. Rhinitis and Pregnancy.

4. Adenoiditis. Symptoms. Diagnostic Procedures . Therapy: Conservative
Treatment .
5. Benign Neoplasms and Other Tumours of the Larynx.

QUESTION CARD 2

1. Clinical Anatomy of the inner ear (outer hair cells, semicircular canals,
utricle and saccule.

2. Zoster Oticus. Aetiology/Epidemiology. Symptoms. Complications.

Diagnostic Procedures. Differential Diagnosis. Prognosis.
3. Rhinitis Associated with Physical and Chemical Factors. Food-induced
Rhinitis.
4. Adenoids. Symptoms. Diagnostic Procedures. Conservative and Surgical
Treatment .
5. Subglottic Laryngeal Stenosis (Cricotracheal Stenosis).

QUESTION CARD 3

1. Physiology of the auricle and external auditory canal, tympanic membrane

and ossicular chain, oval and round windows, basilar membrane and
travelling waves.
2. Labyrinthitis. Viral Labyrinthitis. Bacterial or Purulent Labyrinthitis.
Haematogenic Labyrinthitis. Diagnostic Procedures. Therapy. Prognosis.
3. Atrophic Rhinitis.

4. Adenoids. Symptoms. Diagnostic Procedures. Conservative and Surgical

Treatment .
5. Bilateral Vocal Cord Paralysis.
 QUESTION CARD 4

1. Anatomy of the Oropharynx. The Palate. The Tonsils. Tongue Base.

2. Malformations of the Ear, Epidemiology, Symptoms, Diagnostic
Procedures, Therapeutic Management. Surgical Principles.
3. Noise-induced Hearing Loss. Explosions. Impulsive Noise Trauma. Acute
Acoustic Trauma. Occupational Hearing Loss.

4. Vasomotor/Idiopathic Rhinitis.
5. Laryngeal and Tracheal Stenosis in Children and Adults.

QUESTION CARD 5

1. Examination of the Nasal Cavity and Paranasal Sinuses.

2. Management of Hearing Impairment.. Cochlear Implantation. Bone-
Anchored Hearing Aid.
3. Ototoxicity. Audiometric Monitoring of Risk Patients on Ototoxic Drug
Therapy . Prevention. Rehabilitation. Potential Ototoxicity of Topical Otic
Preparations.
4. Acute Streptococcal Pharyngotonsillitis.
5. Benign Neoplasms and Other Tumours of the Larynx.

QUESTION CARD 6
1. Anatomy of the Hypopharynx. Physiology.
2. Functional Investigations of the Nose. Rhinomanometry. Acoustic
Rhinometry . Exploration of Mucociliary Function. Olfactory Exploration .
3. Diseases of the Auricle and of the External Auditory Canal.

4. Presbyacusis . Aetiopathology. Symptoms. Diagnostic Procedures.

5. Hypertrophic Laryngitis.
 QUESTION CARD 7

1. Anatomy of the Larynx. Generalities.

2. Imaging of the Nasal Cavity and Paranasal Sinuses: Anatomy and Anatomic
Variations.
3. Acute Mastoiditis. Definition. Aetiology/Epidemiology. Types/Symptoms.
Complications. Diagnostic Procedures. Therapy. Differential Diagnosis.
Prognosis. Surgical Principles.

4. Hearing Impairment in Childhood.

5. Vincents Angina.

QUESTION CARD 8

1. Chronic Otitis Media (Without Cholesteatoma). Definition.

2. Sudden Sensorineural Hearing Loss (Including Perilymphatic Fistula).
Symptoms. Diagnosis. Therapy. Prognosis.

3. Erysipela. Furuncle/Carbuncle. Wegeners Granulomatosis.

4. Diphtheria and Syphilis.

5. Tonsillectomy. Indications. Surgical Technique. Key Points.

Complications.

QUESTION CARD 9

1. Anatomy of the Hypopharynx. Generalities. Soft Tissues . Vascular Supply.

Lymphatic Drainage. Nerve Supply.
2. Chronic Otitis Media (Without Cholesteatoma). Definition.
Aetiology/Epidemiology. Symptoms. Complications. Diagnostic Procedures.
Differential Diagnosis . Therapy and Surgery.

3. Menieres Disease. Symptoms . Diagnostic Procedures. Differential

Diagnosis . Therapy.
4. Nasal Fractures. Deviated Nasal Septum. Septal Haematoma.
5. Complications of Oropharyngeal Infections. Nonsuppurative and
Suppurative.
 QUESTION CARD 10

1. Anatomy of the Larynx. Generalities.

2. Cholesteatoma of the Middle Ear. Aetiology/Epidemiology . Symptoms.
Complications. Diagnostic Procedures. Special Forms . Differential
Diagnosis. Therapy. Prognosis.
3. Idiopathic and Traumatic Facial Palsy.
4. Allergic Rhinitis. Definition and Classification. Aetiology and Triggers.
Allergens. Pollutants. Aspirin and Non-Steroidal Anti-Inflammatory Drugs.
5. Chronic Bacterial Infections. Chronic Tonsillitis and Pharyngitis.

QUESTION CARD 11

1. Anatomy of the Nasal Cavity and Paranasal Sinuses .

2. Intratemporal and Intracranial Complications of Otitis Media .
Aetiology/Epidemiology. Pathways .

3. Acute Sinusitis. Symptoms. Diagnostic Procedures. Differential Diagnosis.

Microbiology. Complications. Medical and SurgicalTherapy. Prognosis.
4. Infectious Mononucleosis .
5. Bilateral Vocal Cord Paralysis.

QUESTION CARD 12

1. Physiology of the Nose.

2. Infections of the Auricle. External Otitis. Malignant External Otitis.

3. Chronic Rhinosinusitis. Diagnostics and Physiopathology. Diagnosis.

Classification. Therapeutic Principles.
4. Tonsillectomy. Indications. Surgical Technique. Key Points.
Complications.

5. Benign Neoplasms and Other Tumours of the Larynx.

 QUESTION CARD 13

1. Oesophagus . Clinical Anatomy and Physiology.

2. Obstructions of the External Auditory Canal. Impacted Ear Wax (Cerumen).
Foreign Bodies. Exostoses. Osteomas. External Fibrous Otitis.
3. Nasal Deformity.
4. Sudden Sensorineural Hearing Loss (Including Perilymphatic Fistula).
Symptoms. Diagnosis. Therapy. Prognosis.

5. Nasal Polyposis . Origin of Polyps. Treatment. Nasal Polyposis in

Children.

QUESTION CARD 14

1. Anatomy of the Hypopharynx. Generalities. Soft Tissues . Vascular Supply.

Lymphatic Drainage. Nerve Supply.
2. Functional Investigations of the Nose. Rhinomanometry. Acoustic
Rhinometry . Exploration of Mucociliary Function. Olfactory Exploration .
3. Traumatic Perforations of the Tympanic Membrane. Symptoms. Diagnostic
Procedures. Treatment. Prognosis.

4. Epistaxis.
5. Adenoids. Symptoms. Diagnostic Procedures. Conservative and Surgical
Treatment .

QUESTION CARD 15

1. Physiology of the Larynx and Hypopharynx.

2. Acute Otitis Media. Aetiology/Epidemiology. Symptoms. Complications .
Diagnostic Procedures. Therapy. Differential Diagnosis. Surgical Principles.
Prognosis.

3. Congenital Malformation of the Nose: Choanal Atresia.

4. Complications of Sinusitis. Local, Orbital and Intracranial.
5. Adenoids. Symptoms. Diagnostic Procedures. Conservative and Surgical
Treatment .

QUESTION CARD 16

1. Otitis Media with Effusion. Symptoms. Diagnosis of Established Specific

Complications. Treatment of Specific Complications.

2. Nonallergic Rhinitis and Primary Ciliary Dyskinesia. Occupational Rhinitis.

Drug-induced Rhinitis.
3. Principles of Functional Endoscopic Sinus Surgery.

4. Reinkes Oedema.
5. Bilateral Vocal Cord Paralysis.

QUESTION CARD 17

1. Otosclerosis. Definition. Aetiology/Epidemiology. Incidence. Symptoms.

Complications. Diagnostic Procedures. Differential Diagnosis. Surgical
Principles. Prognosis.

2. Benign Sinonasal Neoplasms .

3. Adenoiditis. Symptoms. Diagnostic Procedures . Therapy: Conservative
Treatment .
4. Hypertrophic Laryngitis.

5. Ototoxicity. Audiometric Monitoring of Risk Patients on Ototoxic Drug

Therapy . Prevention. Rehabilitation. Potential Ototoxicity of Topical Otic
Preparations.