Otalgia differential diagnosis: Difference between revisions
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| style="background: #F5F5F5; padding: 5px;" | | | style="background: #F5F5F5; padding: 5px;" |moderate to severe bulging of the tympanic membrane | ||
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| style="background: #F5F5F5; padding: 5px;" | | | style="background: #F5F5F5; padding: 5px;" |Middle ear effusion | ||
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| style="background: #DCDCDC; padding: 5px; text-align: center;"|Cholesteatoma | | style="background: #DCDCDC; padding: 5px; text-align: center;" |Cholesteatoma | ||
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| style="background: #DCDCDC; padding: 5px; text-align: center;"|Wegener granulomatosis | | style="background: #DCDCDC; padding: 5px; text-align: center;" |Wegener granulomatosis | ||
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| style="background: #DCDCDC; padding: 5px; text-align: center;"|Sinusitis | | style="background: #DCDCDC; padding: 5px; text-align: center;" |Sinusitis | ||
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| style="background: #DCDCDC; padding: 5px; text-align: center;"|Temporomandibular joint disease | | style="background: #DCDCDC; padding: 5px; text-align: center;" |Temporomandibular joint disease | ||
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| style="background: #DCDCDC; padding: 5px; text-align: center;"|Dental caries or other dental pathology | | style="background: #DCDCDC; padding: 5px; text-align: center;" |Dental caries or other dental pathology | ||
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| style="background: #DCDCDC; padding: 5px; text-align: center;"|dental caries or other dental pathology | | style="background: #DCDCDC; padding: 5px; text-align: center;" |dental caries or other dental pathology | ||
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| style="background: #DCDCDC; padding: 5px; text-align: center;"|Neuralgia | | style="background: #DCDCDC; padding: 5px; text-align: center;" |Neuralgia | ||
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| style="background: #DCDCDC; padding: 5px; text-align: center;"|pharyngitis | | style="background: #DCDCDC; padding: 5px; text-align: center;" |pharyngitis | ||
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| style="background: #DCDCDC; padding: 5px; text-align: center;"|Myofascial pain | | style="background: #DCDCDC; padding: 5px; text-align: center;" |Myofascial pain | ||
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| style="background: #DCDCDC; padding: 5px; text-align: center;"|Gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) | | style="background: #DCDCDC; padding: 5px; text-align: center;" |Gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) | ||
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| style="background: #DCDCDC; padding: 5px; text-align: center;"|Idiopathic or psychogenic | | style="background: #DCDCDC; padding: 5px; text-align: center;" |Idiopathic or psychogenic | ||
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Revision as of 16:44, 27 January 2021
Overview
Based on the pain originates,differential diagnosis can be divided into primary and secondary categories.The causes of the Primary otalgia include,infectious,mechanical,neoplastic and inflammatory.Secondary otalgia originates other organ system. Most of the secondary causes related to head and neck.
Differentiating Otalgia from other Diseases
Based on the pain originates,differential diagnosis can be divided into primary and secondary categories.The causes of the Primary otalgia include,infectious,mechanical,neoplastic and inflammatory.Secondary otalgia originates other organ system. Most of the secondary causes related to head and neck.
Differentiating otalgia from other diseases on the basis of primary and secondary causes
| Diseases | Clinical manifestations | Para-clinical findings | Gold standard | Additional findings | |||||||||||
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| Symptoms | Physical examination | ||||||||||||||
| Lab Findings | Imaging | Histopathology | |||||||||||||
| symptom1 | symptom2 | Symptom 3 | Physical exam 1 | Physical exam 2 | Physical exam 3 | Lab 1 | Lab 2 | Lab 3 | Imaging 1 | Imaging 2 | Imaging 3 | ||||
| Otitis Media | ear pain | hearing loss | moderate to severe bulging of the tympanic membrane | new onset of otorrhea | Middle ear effusion | ||||||||||
| Otitis Externa | |||||||||||||||
| Myringitis | |||||||||||||||
| Diseases | Symptom 1 | Symptom 2 | Symptom 3 | Physical exam 1 | Physical exam 2 | Physical exam 3 | Lab 1 | Lab 2 | Lab 3 | Imaging 1 | Imaging 2 | Imaging 3 | Histopathology | Gold standard | Additional findings |
| Eustachian tube dysfunction | |||||||||||||||
| Cerumen impaction | |||||||||||||||
| Barotrauma | |||||||||||||||
| Cholesteatoma | |||||||||||||||
| Wegener granulomatosis | |||||||||||||||
| Sinusitis | |||||||||||||||
| Temporomandibular joint disease | |||||||||||||||
| Dental caries or other dental pathology | |||||||||||||||
| dental caries or other dental pathology | |||||||||||||||
| Neuralgia | |||||||||||||||
| pharyngitis | |||||||||||||||
| Myofascial pain | |||||||||||||||
| Myocardial infarction | |||||||||||||||
| Gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) | |||||||||||||||
| Idiopathic or psychogenic | |||||||||||||||