Nose
ANATOMY OF NASAL SEPTUM
The nasal septum divides the nasal cavity into two halves.
DEVIATED NASAL SEPTUM
It is the deviation of the nasal septum to one side of nasal cavity. Hence, the patient may have recurrent blockage of one nostril.
DIFFERENCE BETWEEN SMR AND SEPTOPLASTY
Entire cartilage except 2-3 mm strip at caudal end is removed.
COMPLICATIONS OF SUBMUCOUS RESECTION SURGERY
This occurs due the wearing off effect of adrenaline and usually occurs within the first 48 hours after surgery.
SEPTAL PERFORATION
Perforation of the nasal septum may occur due to various reasons.
CHRONIC MAXILLARY SINUSITIS
The maxillary sinuses are the most commonly affected sinuses because its ostium is at the higher level than the base of the sinus.
ANTRAL PUNCTURE
It is a procedure done both for diagnosis and treatment of sinusitis, where a canula is inserted into the maxillary sinus via an opening made in the inferior meatus.
ANTROCHOANAL POLYP
Antrochoanal nasal polyp is a prolapsed, pedunculated, painless, pearly white oedematous nasal mucosa, lining the maxillary sinus.
CALDWELL LUC SURGERY
It is a surgical opening made on the anterior wall of the maxilla via the canine fossa to visualize and remove disease from the maxillary sinus.
ALLERGIC RHINITIS
Allergic Rhinitis is an IgE mediated hypersensitivity disease of the nasal mucous membrane, characterized by sneezing, nasal blockage and nasal discharge.
ETHMOIDAL POLYPS
Ethmoidal polyps are multiple, bilateral, painless, pearly white, grape like masses arising from the ethmoidal air cells.
DIFFERENCIATE BETWEEN ANTROCHOANAL AND ETHMOIDAL POLYPS
Caldwell Luc surgery can be done for patient above 16 years and in case of recurrent Polyps apart from FESS.
FUNCTIONAL ENDOSCOPIC SINUS SURGERY (FESS)
Functional Endoscopic Sinus Surgery (FESS) permits the direct...
ATROPHIC RHINITIS
Atrophic Rhinitis is a chronic inflammatory nasal disease characterized by progressive...
DIFFERENTIATE BETWEEN ALLERGIC AND ATROPHIC RHINITIS
It is an IgE, mediated hypersensitivity disease of the nasal mucous membrane.
EPISTAXIS
Epistaxis is bleeding from the nose most commonly arising from the Little's area of the nose. It is reported back to 5th century BC (Hippocrates).
FOREIGN BODY NOSE
Foreign body in nose can present acutely, sub-acutely or many years later in adulthood.
RHINOLITH
When there is a long-standing foreign body in the nose it is surrounded by granulation tissue and it acts as a nucleus for concretion to occur.
RHINOSPORIDIOSIS
Rhinosporidiosis is a chronic fungal infection of the mucous membrane of the nose and nasopharynx but occasionally...
RHINOSCLEROMA
Rhinoscleroma is a progressive granulomatous disease of the nose, extending into the nasopharynx....
NASOPHARYNGEAL ANGIOFIBROMA
They are benign, very vascular and biologically aggressive tumors, originating almost...
WEGNER’S GRANULOMATOSIS
It is a systemic disease of unknown aetiology, causing necrotizing granuloma in the upper
POSTERIOR RHINOSCOPY
This is a procedure used to examine the posterior part of the nasal cavity and nasopharynx.
POSTERIOR NASAL PACKING
Posterior nasal packing is a procedure that is helpful in those cases of nasal bleeding where anterior...
NASAL BONE FRACTURE
Fracture of the nose is the commonest fracture in humans.
BELL'S PALSY
Bell's palsy is the most common type of peripheral, unilateral, infranuclear and idiopathic paralysis of the facial nerve.
OTOSCLEROSIS
Otosclerosis is a hereditary localized disease originating from the otic capsule in which mature lamellar bone is removed by osteoclasts...
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