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What is the most common reason why I receive calls by families following a patient having a tonsillectomy?
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Otalgia (ear pain)
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What is the most common etiology for the complaints of otalgia that I see in my office?
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Temporomandibular Joint Syndrome (TMJ)
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55 year old Female shows up saying they have one sided ear pain for the last 4 months. They have been on antibiotics, ear drops and nothing made it better. No inflammation in the ear canal. What is going on?
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TMJ
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what is the most common cause of referred otalgia?
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dental disorders
(TMJ, grinding the teeth) |
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most common place to have a squamous cell carcinoma that can lead to otalgia?
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tonsil
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woman has unilateral visual changes, pain on the side of the head, pain with chewing.. what does this pt have?
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Temporal arteritis
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elongated temporal styloid process irritates branches of CN IX and CN X..what is this
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eagle syndrome
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I DID NOT TAKE GOOD NOTES ON THIS LECTURE...
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MAY WANT TO FILL IN SOME MORE CARDS or hold out for Wahl to tell us what is on this thing
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One of the most dangerous pitfalls in the workup of referred otalgia is overlooking ______
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carcinoma
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what is the diff btw primary and referred otalgia?
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prim: originates in ear
ref: originates outside ear |
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most common cause of referred otalgia?
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dental disorders
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besides the Vestibulocochlear nerve what different nerves have distributions in the ear?
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IX: glossopharyngeal
VII: Facial V: Trigem X: Vagus |
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what 3 neuralgias can cause ear pain?
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1. geniculate: irritation of VII (facial)
2.sphenopalantine: petrosal and facial nn 3. glossopharyengeal: Jacobsen nerve |
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what was meniere disease again?
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vertigo, tinnitus, intermittent hearing loss
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squamous cell carcinoma of the tongue can cause what? (symptom)
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otalgia
tongue gets fibers from CN IX, VII, V, X all of which go to the ear at some point |
