OTO-RHINO-LARYNGOLOGY EXAMINATION SYLLABUS

1.	Clinical anatomy of the middle ear.
2.	Clinical anatomy of the inner ear.
3.	Physiology of the hearing.
4.	Physiology of the vestibular system.
5.	Disorders of the external ear (othematoma, eczema, perichondritis, impacted wax).
6.	Otitis externa circumscripta and diffusa.
7.	Foreign bodies in the external auditory meatus.
8.	Traumatic perforation of the eardrum.
9.	Disorders of the middle ear - acute and chronic catarrh of the middle ear.
10.	Acute purulent otitis media.
11.	Acute otitis media in infectious diseases.
12.	Acute otitis media in infants and young children.
13.	Streptococcus Mucosus Otitis. Aerootitis.
14.	Facial nerve paralysis.
15.	Mastoiditis. Kinds. Gradenigo syndrome.
16.	Mastoidit with exteriorisation on the temporal bone.
17.	Chronic mastoiditis. Treatment of mastoiditis.
18.	"Mucosal" chronic suppurative otitis media. Otitis media with effusion.
19.	"Mucosal" chronic suppurative otitis media. Cholesteatoma. Treatment.
20.	Tuberculois of the middle ear.
21.	Labyrinthitis.
22.	Labyrinthitis and neuronitis. Herpes zoster otitis.
23.	Ménière's disease.
24.	Otosclerosis.
25.	Intracranial complications with otologic etiology. Routes of penetration of the infection.
26.	Trauma to the internal ear.
27.	Extradural and subdural abscess.
28.	Meningitis with otologic etiology.
29.	Sepsis with otologic etiology. Sigmoid sinus thrombosis.
30.	Cavernous sinus thrombosis.
31.	Brain abscess with otologic etiology.
32.	Abscess of the cerebellum.
33.	Deafness and muteness. Presbyacusis.
34.	Malignancies of the ear.
35.	Clinical anatomy of the nose and paranasal cavities. Physiology.
36.	Deviated nasal septum.
37.	Furunculosis of the nose.
38.	Epistaxis.
39.	Fracture of nasal bones. Injury to the nasal septum. Abscess.
40.	Acute and chronic rhinitis.
41.	Ozaena.
42.	Maxillary sinusitis - acute and chronic. Odontogenic sinusitis.
43.	Ethmoidal sinusitis. Frontal sinusitis - acute and chronic.
44.	Mucocele and pyocele. Treatment of sinuitis.
45.	Orbital complications of sinusitis.
46.	Allergic rhinitis. Hay fever.
47.	Non-seasonal and vasomotor rhinitis. Treatment.
48.	Allergic rinosinuitis. Nasal polyps. Treatment.
49.	Neoplasms of the nose and paranasal cavities.
50.	Anatomy of the oral cavity and the pharynx. Physiology.
51.	Adenoids.
52.	Catarrhal, follicular and lacunar tonsillitis.
53.	Simanovski-Plaut-Vincent angina.
54.	Tonsillitis, accompanying blood disorders.
55.	Acute and chronic pharyngitis.
56.	Chronic tonsillitis. Complications of tonsillitis. Treatment.
57.	Peritonsillar abscess.
58.	Retropharyngeal abscess.
59.	Pharapharyngeal abscess.
60.	Juvenile nasopharyngeal angiofibroma.
61.	Tumors of the mesopharynx and the hypopharynx.
62.	Malignancies of the nasopharynx.
63.	Anatomy and physiology of the larynx.
64.	Acute laryngitis. Treatment.
65.	Subchordal laryngitis - pseudocroup. Diagnosis. Treatment.
66.	Chronic laryngitis.
67.	Laryngeal edema. Quincke's edema. Treatment.
68.	Abscess of the larynx.
69.	Acute stenosis of the larynx - laryngeal dyspnea. Tracheotomy.
70.	Laryngeal paralysis.
71.	Benign tumors of the larynx. Papilloma. Fibroma.
72.	Cancer of the larynx. Treatment.
73.	Scleroma respiratorium. Tuberculosis of the nose.
74.	Tuberculosis of the pharynx and the larynx.
75.	Foreign bodies in trachea and bronchi. Tracheo-bronchoscopy.
76.	Foreign bodies in the esophagus. Esophagoscopy.
77.	Caustic ingestion of the esophagus. Treatment.
78.	Hearing impairment due to noise and vibration.
79.	Occupational diseases of upper respiratory airways.

Practical exercises in Otorhinolaryngology

1. Methods for examination of the ear - inspection, palpation, percussion.
2. Techniques for hearing assessment - whispering tests, tuning fork tests, audiometry. Evaluation of the vestibular system.
3. Clinical examination of the nose and the paranasal sinuses.
4. Olfactory testing. Imaging of the paranasal sinuses.
5. Clinical examination of the oral cavity.
6. Clinical examination of the larynx.
7. Endoscopic examination.
8. Diseases of the ear - acute and chronic - presentation of clinical cases.
9. Neuronitis of vestibulocochlear nerve. Otosclerosis. Meniere's disease.
10. Diseases of the nose and the paranasal sinuses. Nasal polyps. Functional endoscopic sinus surgery.
11. Diseases of the pharynx. Tonsillitis, accompanying blood disorders, adenoids.
12. Diseases of the larynx. Laryngitis. Cancer of the larynx.
13. Oto0rhino-laryngologic emergencies - nose bleeding, acute laryngeal dyspnea.
14. Imaging methods in oto-rhino-laryngology - CT, MRI.