ENT

Question 1

Acute otits media

Answer 1

Indications for PO antibiotics

Question 2

Acute otitis media - Complications

Answer 2

1. TM perforation
2. Mastoiditis
3. Meningitis
4. Cholesteatoma
5. Hearing impairment
6. Chronic OM w/ effusion

Question 3

Neck lumps

Answer 3

http://www.lhp.leedsth.nhs.uk/detail.aspx?id=6065

Question 4

Torticollis

Answer 4

Causes of acquired torticollis include:
1. Muscle spasm (wry neck)
2. Trauma: fracture/dislocation, spinal haematoma
3. Atlantoaxial rotary subluxation/fixation
4. Infection: head and neck, spine, CNS or upper lobe chest
5. Inflammation: juvenile idiopathic arthritis
6. Neoplasm: CNS (posterior fossa) and bone tumours
7. Dystonic syndromes (idiopathic spasmodic torticollis, drug reactions)
8. Ocular dysfunction
9. Benign paroxysmal torticollis