Causes of altered sensation of Smell

Learn how to examine the sense of smell.

Anosmia (No smell)

Atrophic rhinitis

Peripheral neuritis

Degenerative Disease of Nose

Injury to factory nerve

Injury to olfactory bulb

Anterior Cranial fossa fracture

Intracranial abscess

Intracranial tumors

Meningitis

Causes of various types of Nasal discharge.

Parosmia (Perversion of smell)

Recovery Phase of post influenza anosmia

Intracranial tumor

Clinical Examination of Nose and PNS

Hyposmia (Decreased Smell)

Nasal Polyp

Enlarged Turbinate

Edema of Mucosal Membrane

Common cold

Vasomotor Rhinitis

Allergic Rhinitis

Paediatrics: Head Examination: Differential Diagnoses

Delayed Dentition

Causes of Delayed Dentition 

>>Various Anthrometric values at various ages and methods to calculate them.

Delayed Closure of Sutures

Causes of Delayed Closure of suture

Bossing of Skull

Causes Of  Bossing Of Skull

Bulging Anterior Fontanelles

Causes of Bulging Anterior Fontanelle

Craniotabe (Ping Pong Ball)

Causes Of Craniotabes

Microcephaly (<-3SD for Age, Sex, Height and Weight)

Causes of Microcephaly

>>Know the normal head circumference and its rate of growth.

Macrocephaly (> 2 SD or > 2.5cm of mean for age)

Causes of Macrocephaly

Macroglossia

Causes of Macroglossia

Hyperplasia of Gums

Causes of Gum Hyperplasia

Membrane over tonsil (Differential diagnoses)

Mnenomics
Membrane Above A Tonsils Can Vary from MILd To Dangerous.

Membranes
Above        Apthous Ulcer
A               Agranulocytosis
Tonsil       membranous Tonsillitis
Can          Candiasis
Vary         Vincents Angina
MILd       Malignancy
                 Infectious Mononucleosis
                 Leukemia
To            Trauma
Dangerous Diptheria

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Paradise Criteria for Tonsillectomy 

Know the difference between membranous tonsillitis and diptheria.

Difference between adenoid and Tonsils.

Differntial Diagnoses in Nose

Nasal Polyp	Nasal mass
Antrochonal Polyp	Blob of mucous
Juvenile Nasal Angiofibroma	Rhinosporiodosis
Glioma	Antrochonal Polyp
Hemangioma	Rhinoscleroma
Encephaloceles	Rhinolith
Papilloma	Hypertrophied turbinates
	Malignancy
	Septal Hematoma

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Crust in Nose

Atrophic Rhinitis

Rhinoscleroma

Rhinitis Sicca

TB

Syphillis

Septal Perforation

Rhinosporiodosis

Any granulomatos disease of nose

Differential diagnoses of various types of Nasal discharge.

Membrane over nose

Bacterial Rhinitis

Diptheria

Aspergillosis

Causes of altered sensation of Smell

Itching  over nose

Myiasis

Allergic Rhinitis

Differential diagnosis of Nasal discharge

Unilateral Foul Smelling Nasal Discharge	Bilateral Foul Smelling Nasal Discharge
Atrophic Rhinitis	Nasal foreign Body
Rhinoscleroma	Rhinolith
Syphilis	Nasal diphtheria
Leprosy	Nasal Myasis
	Acute Unilateral sinusitis
	Chronic Unilateral Sinusitis

Purulent Nasal Discharge	Watery Nasal Discharge
Rhinitis Caseosa	CSF Rhinitis
Wegeners Granulomatosis	Allergic Rhinitis
Chronic sinusitis	Vasomotor Rhinitis
	Acute Rhinitis

Blood Tinged nasal discharge

Rhinosporiodosis

Wegeners granulomatosis

Foreign Body

Rhinolith

Myiasis

Differential Diagnoses in Ear

Differential Diagnoses in Ear

Polyp In EAR	Character
CSOM TT	Pale
CSOM AA	Red Fleshy
Glomus Tumor
Perforating TB

Purulent Ear Discharge

Diffuse otitis Externa

Primary Cholesteatoma of External Ear Canal

Acute Coalascent Mastoiditis

ASOM (Reservior Sign)

Petrositis

Infected Glomus tumor

 

Itching in Ear

Diffuse Otitis Externa

Eczematous Otitis Externa

Otomycosis

Seborrhagic Otitis Externa

Neurodermatitis

Blood Stained discharge from ear

Otitis Externa Hemorrhagica

Middle Ear Carcinoma

CSOM AA

Trauma to External Ear

ASOM in the stage of Resolution temporal Bone fracture

Foul smelling discharge from Ear

CSOM AA

Otomycosis

TB

Carcinoma Middle Ear

Carcinoma Mastoid

Crust in Ear

Eczematous Otitis Externa

CSOM AA

Chronic Diffuse Otitis Externa

Fluctuating Hearing loss

Meniere's Disease

Perilymph Fistula

Autoimmune

Syphillis

Malingering

Minor Ear Disorders

Satyr Ear

Darwin Tubercle

Stahl's ear

Absent Tragus