Clinical case Discussion - Tonsillitis

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

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

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

- Learn about the questions asked in viva voce during examination

- Causes of Dysphagia, Odynophagia, Cough

- Referred pain in Ear - Causes

- Features of Adenoid Facies

- Tests for Adenoid

- Hot Potato Voice - Causes

- Trismus - Causes and Grading

- Causes of Coated tongue

- Ankyloglossia - Grading (Kotlow’s Classification)

- What is Ranula? Types of Ranula

- Premalignant lesions of oral cavity - Leukoplakia, Erythroplakia, Erythroleukoplakia, Submucous Fibrosis

- What is Retromolar Trigone? What is its significance?

- What are the Hidden areas of Head and neck?

- Brodsky Grading of Tonsil Enlargement

- Differential Diagnosis of Unilateral Tonsil Enlargement

- Differential Diagnosis of Membrane over Tonsil

- Which condition do you see Orange colored tonsils in?

- Indirect Laryngoscopy - How to perform? Structures seen on Indirect Laryngoscopy

- Indirect Laryngoscopy mirror VS Posterior Rhinoscopy Mirror

- Blind Sites of Indirect Laryngoscopy

- Points in favour of diagnosis

- Cardinal Signs of Chronic Tonsillitis

- Types & Complications of Acute Tonsillitis

- True Membrane VS False Membrane

- Waldeyer’s Ring

- Structures of Tonsil Bed

- Investigations in a case of Tonsillitis

- Treatment  in a case of Tonsillitis

- Paradise criteria for Tonsillectomy

-  Tonsillectomy- Indications, Contraindications,Techniques/ Methods, Position, Steps, Post operative care, Complications

- Hot Tonsillectomy and Interval Tonsillectomy

- Types of Hemorrhage in Tonsillectomy

- Grisel Syndrome

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