2MBChB ENT

Question 1

What happens as a result of compression of CN VII in the facial canal?

Answer 1

Bell’s palsy

Question 2

Which syndrome is due to reactivation of VZV in the geniculate ganglion of CN VII?

Answer 2

Ramsay Hunt Syndrome

Question 3

List the factors that make up the Centor criteria

Answer 3

No cough
Fever
Cervical lymphadenopathy
Tonsillar exudate

Question 4

Fluid level behind eardrum/retracted drum

Answer 4

Otitis media with effusion

Question 5

Difficulty at school and hearing loss

Answer 5

Glue ear

Question 6

Feeling of fullness in the ear

Answer 6

Meniere’s disease

Question 7

Loss of corneal reflex with sensorineural hearing loss

Answer 7

Vestibular schwannoma

Question 8

Bilateral vestibular schwannoma in a child

Answer 8

Neurofibromatosis type II

Question 9

Cheesy ear discharge

Answer 9

Cholesteatoma

Question 10

Saddle nose

Answer 10

Wegener’s granulomatosis