important topics
The entire curriculum is taught, but we pay more attention to these topics
Ear:
Anatomy of TM (Draw)
Anatomy of medial wall of ME
Anatomy of the organ of Corti (Draw)
T F tests (Rinne, Weber)
Ramsay Hunt syndrome
Otomycosis +
Furunclosis
Malignant otitis externa +
Indications and complications of ear wash ++++
Acute otitis media in children ++++
Secretory otitis media (Middle ear effusion) ++++
Cholesteatoma (+ الجدول)
Complications (كلها مهمة) especially mastoiditis
Traumatic rupture (+الجدول)
Otosclerosis ++
Meniere’s disease
Cranial causes of facial paralysis ++
Clinical picture of LMN facial paralysis +++
Bell’s palsy, traumatic paralysis ++++
Causes of CHL
Causes of vertigo (especially: peripheral)
Types of ear discharge ++
Causes of otalgia +++
Indications and complications of myringotomy
Nose:
Anatomy of nasal septum
Anatomy of lateral wall of the nose
Anatomy of maxillary sinus
Choanal atresia ++
Trauma (كلها مهمة) esp. Oroantral fistula+, CSF rhinorrhea ++, Fracture nose +++, FB +.
Atrophic rhinitis ++
Rhinoscleroma +++
Invasive fungal sinusitis
Septal hematoma, abscess, perforation
Clinical picture of sinusitis, investigations, treatment ++
Orbital complications +++
Nasal polyps +++
Inverted papilloma
Causes of nasal obstruction, discharge +++
Epistaxis (كلها مهمة) ++++
Indications and complications of ESS ++
Throat:
Anatomy of Waldyer’s ring
Anatomy of tonsil
Adenoid +++
Acute tonsillitis +++
Causes of membranes over the tonsils (كلمتين عن كل حاجة بالجدول) ++
Infectious mononucleosis ++
Plummer-Vinson syndrome ++
Causes of ulcers ++
Suppurations (كلها مهمة) esp. Quinsy ++++
Angiofibroma +++
Nasopharyngeal carcinoma +
Silent areas ++
Causes of snoring and OSA, clinical picture, investigations
Indications and complications of adenotonsillectomy +++
Preparation for adenotonsillectomy ++
Corrosive esophagitis +++
Achalasia
Causes of dysphagia ++
Laryngomalacia +
FB inhalation ++
Acute laryngitis +++
Laryngeal nodes and polyp +
Laryngoscleroma
Papilloma and Cancer larynx (كلها مهمة) +++
Causes of VC paralysis (unil, bil.) +
Causes of stridor ++++
Clinical picture of upper airway obstruction ++
Indications and complications of tracheostomy ++++
Direct laryngoscopy (Microlaryngoscopy = Microlaryngosurgery = laser in larynx)
DD of midline neck swellings (+ thyroglossal cyst) +
DD of lateral neck swellings
لما يسأل فى ال causes of stridor تكتب له معاها ال Children لكن لو سأل فى ال children يبأه هى بس
محدش يشير الكلام ده. ربنا معاكم