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Born in the Ear Canal: Tick Larva on the Eardrum

Overview
Journal Turk Arch Otorhinolaryngol
Publisher Galenos Publishing House
Specialty Otorhinolaryngology
Date 2021 Aug 13
PMID 34386802
Citations 1
Authors
Fatih Oner
Bulent Aktan
Hakan Uslu
Esin Guven
Korhan Kilic
Ahmet Yilmaz
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Abstract

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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