Tick bites in the external auditory canal

Auris Nasus Larynx. 2007 Sep;34(3):375-7. doi: 10.1016/j.anl.2006.09.013. Epub 2006 Oct 18.

Abstract

We report a case of Ixodes ovatus tick in the external auditory canal. Chief complaints of earfullness and pruritus appeared after the contact with dog. Using a removal method consisting of excising the abdomen of the tick and suctioning its body fluids, followed by removal of the tick body 3 days later, the patient was successfully treated without the development of complications.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Bites and Stings / diagnosis*
  • Bites and Stings / therapy
  • Dogs / parasitology*
  • Ear, External / injuries*
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Ixodes*
  • Middle Aged
  • Otitis Externa / diagnosis
  • Otitis Externa / etiology*
  • Otitis Externa / therapy
  • Otoscopy