Wednesday, December 11, 2013

12/11/2013

12/11/2013

Answers:
What type of hearing loss is most common in Branchio-Oto-Renal Syndrome?
A) SNHL 
B) CHL 
C) Mixed Hearing Loss 
D) Microtia without hearing loss

Branchio-Oto-Renal Syndrome most often causes a mixed type hearing loss.

A patient is found to have bilateral acoustic neuromas. What underlying diagnosis is most likely?

Neurofibromatosis Type II

MC Questions:
This patient presents and is found to have significant hearing loss. What is the most likely diagnosis?
A) Pendred Syndrome 
B) Stickler Syndrome 
C) Treacher Collins Syndrome 
D) Jervell-Lange-Neilsen Syndrome 
E) Waardenburg


Free Response Question:
A 2 year old patient with SNHL presents to the ED with a syncopal episode. What diagnose should be suspected and why is it important to diagnose early?

Quick Facts:
Steps in Vestibular Eval
1. H&N exam, include CNs
2. Spontaneous/gaze-evoked nystagmus w/ Frenzel glasses
3. Smooth Pursuit - “follow my fingers”
4. Saccades - “look to my left/right finger when I say to”
5. Head thrust
6. Headshake = “10 degrees, 2 cycles, 20 seconds”
7. Dynamic visual activity - “look at schnell chart w/ head shake”
8. Fixation suppression - “look at your thumb during rotation”
9. Positional testing - Dix-Hallpike
10. Cerebellum - finger to nose, rapid alternating movements, heel to
shin
11. Posture -Romberg

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