Ear Nose & Throat Medicine Extended Matching Questions

A 55-year-old woman presents with a regular tachycardia and insomnia. She has a fixed mass which is palpable on the left side of her neck.

A 39-year-old female nurse presents with a conductive hearing loss in her right ear. On inspection you note that her tympanic membrane is dry and contracted. There is a perforation in the tympanic membrane and a white mass is observable behind the tympanic membrane. The lady reports that she is a long term users of cotton wool buds.

A 50-year-old woman presents with a 1 day history of episodic swelling on the left side of her face. The swelling is most prominent around meal times.

A 14-year-old girl presents with a swelling in her neck. The swelling is located in the midline of her lower neck. The mass move upwards when you ask the her to stick out her tongue. Her heart rate is 71 and her temperature is 37.2 oC.

A 6-year-old male presents with a fever and vomiting. He complains of ear pain which is worse in his left ear. You inspect his ear and you note that his tympanic membrane is red and bulging. There is an air bubble visible behind his right tympanic membrane.

A 33-year-old female swimmer presents to you with a painful right ear. There is no hearing loss appreciable. The tympanic membrane is intact, pearly grey in appearance with a normal light reflex there is no redness or bulging apparent. There is some reddening in the auditory canal. The Romberg’s test is unremarkable.

An 8-year-old girl, previously diagnosed with otitis media, presents with a red swelling behind her ears. She is in significant pain and has a fever.

A 61-year-old male who smokes a pipe presents with a white area on his lower lip?

A 50-year-old woman with a history of hay fever presents with a mass which protrudes from her right nostril which first became apparent after a sneezing fit. The mass is red in colour.

A 21-year-old male presents with a conductive hearing loss in his left ear. There is a defect present in his left tympanic membrane?

A 39-year-old woman presents with blisters on the tip of the nose, tragus of the ear and on the eye lid.