Complications of Otitis Media — Flashcards

Gradenigos syndrome is a triad that consists of:-_____-Deep ear/facial pain (V Nerve involvement)-Persistent ear discharge (otitis media)

_____ abscess, can occur as a complication of mastoiditis, which forms posterior to the mastoid, occupying a position more towards the occipital bone

_____ is the most common organism causing acute necrotizing otitis media

Acute _____ otitis media is seen in children suffering from measles, scarlet fever, influenza

_____ is a common cause of malignant otitis externa, whereupon the causative organism can spread into deeper tissues and presents with exquisite ear pain and drainage

In _____, the fluid is clear hence one can see the structures of the middle ear quite clearly.

_____ used in mastoid surgery to explore the air cells with one end and to curette the intervening septa and granulations with the other.

Hint: Instrument

Menieres Disease presents with a _____lateral sensorineural type of hearing loss

SOM/OME presents as _____lateral, painless, fluctuating, and conductive hearing loss not more than 40 dB.

Presence of hyalinization and calcification involving only the _____ is known as myringosclerosis