Öner F, Aktan B, Uslu H, Güven E, Kılıç K, Yılmaz A. Born in the Ear Canal: Tick Larva on the Eardrum.
Turk Arch Otorhinolaryngol 2021;
59:150-153. [PMID:
34386802 PMCID:
PMC8329396 DOI:
10.4274/tao.2021.2021-1-12]
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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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