ENT Buzzwords

Question 1

What does a retracted dull drum with a fluid level indicate?

Answer 1

Otitis media with effusion

Question 2

Difficulty at school + have to shout loud to hear

Answer 2

Hearing loss, OME?

Question 3

Feeling of “fullness” in the ear

Answer 3

Meniere’s disease

Question 4

Loss of corneal reflex (+sensorineural hearing loss, vertigo & tinnitus)

Answer 4

Acoustic neuroma (vestibular scwannoma ) associated w/NF-II

Question 5

Vertigo on rotation movement of the head

Answer 5

BPPV

Question 6

What does a “battle sign” indicate?

Answer 6

Temporal bone fracture

Question 7

Pearly white on otoscope & foul cheesy discharge

Answer 7

Cholesteatoma