ICM: Test 2

Unilateral ear deformity

associated with renal lesions on ipsilateral side
Ear creases are associated with

cardiovascular disease
Skin vesicles associated with

Ramsey Hunt Syndrome (Herpes Zoster)
Weaking ear lobe

Tricuspid insufficiency
Otitis externa (swimmer's ear)
- Foul smelling (pseudomonas)
- Exudate
Red, bulging tympanic membrane

Acute otitis media
Bubbles or meniscus

Serous otitis
Associated with basilar skull fracture

Hemotympanum
Early TM perforations involving the annulus predispose to

Cholesteatomas
Causes of Nonotologic Otalgia
- Trauma, inflmmation, tumor
- Dental
Evaluation of tinnitus. Qualitative or quantitative?

Quantitative
Tuning fork placed on forehead with fork pointing straight. Patient asked which ear sound is louder.
Test?
Determines?
- Weber
- Conductive
Struck tuning fork placed on mastoid prominence until sound disappears. Immediately place fork close to ipsilaterla ear to see if sound is still present.
Test?
Determines?
- Rinne Test
- Compares air conduction with bone conduction
Compares patient to normal bone conduction.

Schwabach Test
Useful to check fo rfistulas through horizontal semicircular canal and/or Eustacean tube dysfunction.
Test?
If fistua is present, patient will devleop?
- Politzer Maneuver
- Nystagmus
Rhinophyma is associated with?
- acne rosacea
- alcohol ingestion
- basal cell carcinoma

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ICM: Test 2

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ENT

Updated

2012-10-29T23:10:29Z

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