ENT - medical student questions with correct answers

Cholesteatoma - Answer a destructive and expanding growth made of epidermal and connective tissues within the middle ear. May be locally invasive and destructive - eroding bones in middle ear Types of cholesteatoma - Answer congenital - epidermal cysts due to a developmental abnormality Acquired - usually arise following retraction of part of the ear drum resulting from middle ear inflammation Sx of cholesteatoma - Answer Depend on size. Small - progressive conductive hearing loss. Growing - erodes into adjacent structures -> may be vertigo, headache and facial nerve palsy Otitis Media with Effusion aka Secretory Otitis Media - cause - Answer A collection of fluid occuring within the middle ear space due to the negative pressure produced by altered Eustachian tube function