Tick in the outer ear canal: Two case reports
Serious systemic diseases such as Crimean Congo Hemorrhagic Fever, Lyme Disease, tularemia, typhus and Q fever can be transmitted by ticks. An 8-year-old boy and a 34-year-old woman were brought to our clinic with ear pains. No symptoms such as fever, headache or lethargy to suggest CCHF were presen...
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| description | Serious systemic diseases such as Crimean Congo Hemorrhagic Fever, Lyme Disease, tularemia, typhus and Q fever can be transmitted by ticks. An 8-year-old boy and a 34-year-old woman were brought to our clinic with ear pains. No symptoms such as fever, headache or lethargy to suggest CCHF were present. The patients both lived in rural areas and were engaged in farming. Full blood count, liver and kidney function tests and serum electrolytes were within normal limits at laboratory tests. Prothrombin time, partial thromboplastin time and INR were normal. The tick was grasped with alligator forceps and removed from the outer ear in one piece with the help of 0-degree rigid otoendoscopy. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-2d5e1d550e84457ba25aa717f79214382022-12-21T17:42:52ZengWolters Kluwer Medknow PublicationsJournal of Acute Disease2221-61892013-01-012216116310.1016/S2221-6189(13)60120-1Tick in the outer ear canal: Two case reportsÖzalkan Özkan0Fatih Bingöl1Ali Budak2Hınıs Şehit Yavuz Yürekseven Hospital, Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Erzurum, TurkeyEducation and Training Hospital, Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Erzurum, TurkeyEducation and Training Hospital, Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Erzurum, TurkeySerious systemic diseases such as Crimean Congo Hemorrhagic Fever, Lyme Disease, tularemia, typhus and Q fever can be transmitted by ticks. An 8-year-old boy and a 34-year-old woman were brought to our clinic with ear pains. No symptoms such as fever, headache or lethargy to suggest CCHF were present. The patients both lived in rural areas and were engaged in farming. Full blood count, liver and kidney function tests and serum electrolytes were within normal limits at laboratory tests. Prothrombin time, partial thromboplastin time and INR were normal. The tick was grasped with alligator forceps and removed from the outer ear in one piece with the help of 0-degree rigid otoendoscopy.http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2221618913601201TickEndoscopyOuter ear canal |
| spellingShingle | Özalkan Özkan Fatih Bingöl Ali Budak Tick in the outer ear canal: Two case reports Journal of Acute Disease Tick Endoscopy Outer ear canal |
| title | Tick in the outer ear canal: Two case reports |
| title_full | Tick in the outer ear canal: Two case reports |
| title_fullStr | Tick in the outer ear canal: Two case reports |
| title_full_unstemmed | Tick in the outer ear canal: Two case reports |
| title_short | Tick in the outer ear canal: Two case reports |
| title_sort | tick in the outer ear canal two case reports |
| topic | Tick Endoscopy Outer ear canal |
| url | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2221618913601201 |
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