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PEARLS
• Communications
o Use
the
diagrams
and
props
they
provide
Makes
explanation
easier
o Make
sure
you
read
the
scenarios
provided
and
perform
everything
they
ask
for
• Written
o List
your
answers
in
point
form
o Answers
should
not
be
in
short
form
E.g.
for
scans
Should
write
Axial
View
of
a
Computed
Tomography
Scan
of
the
Brain
o Make
sure
you
list
points
that
actually
ANSWER
THE
QUESTION
o If
question
asks
for
5
points,
they
will
only
mark
the
first
5
points
listed.
Communications
1. Epistaxis
a. Take
a
history
+
elicit
that
patient
is
on
warfarin
b. Perform
an
Anterior
Rhinoscopy
c. Explain
and
perform
a
Flexible
Nasendoscopy
exam
2. Unilateral
Tonsil
swelling
a. Take
a
complete
history
b. List
your
differential
diagnoses
3. Cholesteatoma
a. Explain
otoscopy
+
PTA
findings
b. Explain
the
diagnosis
c. Explain
further
implications
of
diagnosis
and
principles
of
management
4. Ears
and
Balance
a. Perform
a
Physical
Exam
5. Submandibular
Gland
Excision
a. Explain
the
procedure
to
patient
like
in
consent
taking
6. Endoscopic
Nasal
Polypectomy
a. Write
a
Discharge
Letter
Written
1. Battery
Button
a. List
the
further
complications
if
stuck
in
ear
+
nose
b. List
the
further
management
2. Correlate
Scenarios
with
appropriate
PTA
&
Tympanometry
a. There
were
in
all
15
tympanometries
+
audiograms
b. I
found
myself
hard
pressed
for
time
in
this
station
c. Read
each
tympanometry
+
audiogram
very
carefully
3. OME
a. Describe
the
TM
appearance
b. List
the
further
management
4. Acute
Mastoiditis
a. List
the
clinical
presentation
b. List
the
further
management
c. List
3
causative
organisms
d. Explain
the
relevance
of
Facial
Nerve
anatomy
when
performing
a
mastoidectomy
in
a
child
5. Anatomy
Identification
a. Identify
structures
on
TM
+
Larynx
(View
from
a
Flexible
Nasendoscope)
6. Branchial
cyst
a. Make
a
spot
diagnosis
b. List
5
differential
diagnoses
c. List
the
further
management
options
7. Thyroid
Cancer
a. List
the
5
common
types
of
thyroid
Ca
b. List
the
further
management
options
c. List
the
characteristics
on
US
scan
that
reflects
suspicious
malignancy
d. List
the
further
blood
tests
to
check
for
recurrence/surveillance
in
thyroid
Ca
8. Frontal
Sinus
#
a. Make
a
spot
diagnosis
b. Explain
significance
of
patient
having
clear
watery
anterior
rhinorrhea
CSF
leak
c. Spot
diagnosis
of
what
procedure
patient
had
i. Extraventricular
drain
inserted
through
a
ventriculostomy
9.
Post
Tonsillectomy
Bleeding
a. Spot
diagnosis
b. Explain
further
management
c. Explain
further
management
if
patient
re-‐develops
bleeding
10. Cranial
Fossa
Anatomy
a. Identify
the
Superior
Orbital
Fissure
+
List
the
6
Nerves
passing
through
b. Identify
the
Optic
Canal
+
List
the
structure
passing
through
c. Identify
a
foramina
on
the
medial
aspect
of
the
orbit
Until
now
I
still
have
no
idea
what
that
foramina
was
meant
to
be…….
11.
Temporal
Bone
#
a. Spot
diagnosis
of
a
transverse
temporal
bone
#
b. List
the
clinical
presentation
c. Explain
the
prognosis
of
healing
d. List
the
options
of
Hearing
Aids
in
a
patient
post
transverse
temporal
bone
#
12.
Acoustic
Neuroma
a. Spot
diagnosis
of
acoustic
neuroma
on
axial
CT
scans
b. What
is
the
associated
clinical
condition
Type
II
Neurofibromatosis
c. What
is
the
type
of
Inheritance
for
Type
II
Neurofibromatosis
13.
Tracheostomies
a. What
are
the
indications
for
tracheostomy
b. Spot
diagnosis
of
surgical
instruments
i. Cricoid
Hook
+
List
the
use
ii. Trousseau
Trachea
Dilator
+
List
the
use
14.
BPPV
a. List
the
area
affected
within
the
inner
ear
b. List
the
further
Management
options
c. List
5
Characteristics
of
nystagmus
observed
in
BPPV
15.
Ramsay
Hunt
Syndrome
a. Spot
diagnosis
based
on
pictures
of
facial
palsy
+
pinna
vesicles
b. List
the
clinical
presentation
c. List
further
management
options
d. List
the
phenomenon
seen
in
Ramsay
Hunt
Syndrome
Bell’s
Phenomenon
(rolling
up
of
eyeball
when
trying
to
close
eyelids)
16.
Laryngomalacia
a. List
the
characteristics
of
Stridor
heard
in
laryngomalacia
b. List
the
further
management
options
c. List
the
findings
on
flexible
laryngoscopy
17. Nasopharynx
cystic
swelling
(Likely
a
antro-‐choanal
polyp)
a. List
5
Differentials
b. What
is
the
best
Imaging
Option
c. Chlorphenamine
–
What
is
the
most
common
side
effect
+
the
class
of
this
medication
18.
Submandibular
Sialolithiasis
a. List
the
clinical
presentation
b. List
further
management
options