Acta Scientific Otolaryngology (ASOL) (ISSN: 2582-5550)

Case Report Volume 3 Issue 7

How Can an Attention-Grabbing and Thought-Provoking Case Keep the Mind Ticking for a Challenging and Perplexing Diagnosis???

Sphoorthi Basavannaiah*

Associate Professor, Department of ENT, Subbaiah Institute of Medical Sciences, Karnataka, India

*Corresponding Author: Sphoorthi Basavannaiah, Associate Professor, Department of ENT, Subbaiah Institute of Medical Sciences, Karnataka, India.

Received: May 28, 2021; Published: June 12, 2021

Abstract

When a patient complains with various symptomatology, a “syndrome” like picture often runs through the mind. Here, is one such female patient who presented with an unusual and interesting case with multiple cranial nerve involvement in the areas of ear, nose and throat with its symptomatology ranging from tinnitus to trismus along with facial numbness to paranasal sinus tenderness. When all these symptoms amalgamate, the mind wanders and raises queries to plenty of differentials. Hence, approach to one such diagnosis is demanding.

Keywords: Syndrome; Cranial Nerve Palsy; Extrapulmonary Koch’s; Cervical Lymphadenopathy

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Citation

Citation: Sphoorthi Basavannaiah. “How Can an Attention-Grabbing and Thought-Provoking Case Keep the Mind Ticking for a Challenging and Perplexing Diagnosis???". Acta Scientific Otolaryngology 3.7 (2021): 38-41.

Copyright

Copyright: © 2021 Sphoorthi Basavannaiah. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.




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