Born in the Ear Canal: Tick Larva on the Eardrum

We report the case of a 54-year-old woman who presented to the ear, nose, and throat (ENT) outpatient clinic with hearing loss, tinnitus, and fullness in her right ear. In the first clinical examination, a pouch hanging in the anterior upper quadrant was detected in the tympanic membrane of the righ...

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Autores principales: Öner, Fatih, Aktan, Bülent, Uslu, Hakan, Güven, Esin, Kılıç, Korhan, Yılmaz, Ahmet
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Galenos Publishing 2021
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8329396/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34386802
http://dx.doi.org/10.4274/tao.2021.2021-1-12
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Sumario:We report the case of a 54-year-old woman who presented to the ear, nose, and throat (ENT) outpatient clinic with hearing loss, tinnitus, and fullness in her right ear. In the first clinical examination, a pouch hanging in the anterior upper quadrant was detected in the tympanic membrane of the right ear. A tick larva was found in the cyctic lesion located on the tympanic membrane. Our case was unique due to this unexpected diagnosis.

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