Clinical case Discussion - Ethmoidal Polyp

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This note covers the following topics on Clinical Case Presentation of Ethmoidal Polyp:

- How each point of history and clinical examination is important in reaching your provisional diagnosis

- What is the importance of age, gender, occupation and address in history taking?

- What is the importance of Past history, Family history, Personal history?

- Learn about the questions asked in viva voce during examination

- Causes of Bilateral Nasal Obstruction

- Why does nasal obstruction increase while lying down?

- Why does nasal obstruction increase on exposure to dust?

- Diurnal Variation of Nasal Obstruction

- Types & Causes of nasal discharge

- Sludder’s Neuralgia

- Sites for checking Sinus tenderness

- What are the features of Adenoid Facies?

- What is Samter’s Triad?

- How is each clinical examination point important in making your diagnosis?

- Anterior Rhinoscopy

- Differences between Polyp & Hypertrophied inferior turbinate

- Cottle’s Test, Cottle’s line, Cottle’s areas, Cottle’s elevator

- How to test smell? 

- Gold standard for testing smell

- What is Polyp?

- Stages of Polyp Formation

- Management of a case of Ethmoidal Polyp which includes Investigation and Treatment

- CT PNS

- DNE - 3 passes, anesthesia, endoscopes used

- Grading systems of Polyp

- What is FESS? 

- Complications of FESS

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