Q.P.
Code: 302001 Reg. no.: ................... ..
Third
Professional MBBS ( Part I ) Examinations, February 2015
Oto-rhinolaryngology
Time: 2 Hours Total Marks: 40
- Answer all questions
- Draw diagrams wherever necessary
Essay: (10)
1. A 38 years old female patient coming with
progressive hearing loss and occasional tinnitus with no history of ear
discharge. Tuning fork tests reveal a bilateral similar conductive hearing
loss. There is family history of hardness of hearing. Answer the following:
- What is the probable diagnosis
- Describe the clinical features of this condition
- Enumerate non- suppurative causes of conductive hearing loss
- What investigations are to be done
- Discuss the treatment
(1 +2+2+2+3=10)
Short notes: (4x3=12)
2. Retropharyngeal abscess
3. Nasal polyposis
4. Management of allergic rhinitis
Draw and label:
6. Draw a diagram of the auditory pathway
7. Draw a diagram showing the blood supply of nasal
septum
Answer briefly (5x2=10)
8. Reactionary haemorrhage following tonsillectomy-
causes and treatment
9. Adenoid facies.
10. Investigations in a case of CSF rhinorrhea
11. Myringotomy
12. Bat ear
Give precise answers: (4x1=4)
13. Four surgical treatments for atrophic rhinitis
14. Four causes for left recurrent laryngeal nerve
palsy
15. Four causes for white membrane over the tonsil
16. Boundaries of pyriform fossa
