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17 Cards in this Set
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healed hematoma from trauma
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cauliflower ear
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Cauliflower ear is seen in what type of people?
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1) boxers
2) wrestlers |
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earwax AKA?
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cerumen
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increase in cerumen can result in what?
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-conduction deafness
-coughing in children -tinnitis -dizziness (vertigo) |
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discharge from external ear
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otorrhea
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Types of otorrhea?
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1) yellow, melting earwas
2) blood following trauma 3) pus, infection 4) CSF, skull fracture |
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anything that kids can possibly fit into their ears are called?
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foreign bodies
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Polyps are most commonly caused by what?
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chronic otitis externa
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growths in ear with foul, purulent discharge (fungus and mildew as well)
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polyps
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what can make the ear stink?
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polyps
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what parts of the ear do you palpate?
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1) pinna
2) tragus 3) mastoid |
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what are you looking for when you palpate the external ear?
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-masses
-tenderness -nodules |
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painless nodules?
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-gouty tophi
-rheumatoid nodules -leprosy (acid-fast mycobacterium) -basal cell carcinoma (slow growing) -squamous cell carcinoma (fast growing) -keloids |
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AKA for exostosis
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"surfer's ear"
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repeated exposure to cold water stimulates abnormal growth of bony lining of ear canal. Can cause partial or complete blockage of canal.
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exostosis=surger's ear
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painful nodules?
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-truama/hematoma
-skin lesions that would be painful anywhere -neoplasm (older people with sun exposure) -chondrodermatitis nodularis helices -cutaneous cyst |
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when you push on the tragus, what are you looking for?
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-plug external auditory meatus
-pump gently with finger -pain suggests otitis media (or externa, if any movement of pinna causes pain) |
