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6 Cards in this Set
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Pinkish gray eardrum / Visible Malleus / Bright Cone of Light Visible / Incus visible behind the drum
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Normal Eardrum
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Hole in the eardrum resultant from Purulent Infections of Middle Ear / Reddened Ring of granulation tissue surrounds the perferation / May drain fluid through perferation / Usually heals and closes on its own
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Perforation of the Drum
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Large Chalky white patch with irregular margins seen on the Inferior portion / Depositoin of Hyaline material within the layers of the tympanic membrane sometimes following a severe case of Otitis Media / Doesn't impair hearing / Sometimes cuased by a healed Perferation and or a retracted drum
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Tympanoslerosis
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Caused by Viral Upper Respiratory Infections or by sudden changes in atmospheric pressure / Eustachian tube cannot equalize the air / Air is absorbed into the bloodstream / Symptoms include fullness and popping in the ear, mild conduction hearing loss, and some pain
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Serous Effusion
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Viral Infection (mycoplasma) characterized by painful hemorrhagic vesicles on the tympanic membrane and or ear canal / Symptoms include earache, blood tinged discharge, conductive hearing loss
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Bullous Myringitis
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Caused by Bacterial infection / Symptoms include earache, fever, and hearing loss , Eardrum reddens and buldges laterally / Conductive hearing loss is a factor (much more common in children)
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Acute Otits Media w/ Purulent Effusion
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