Cotton bud foreign body associated necrotising otitis externa – a case series and literature review

Cotton bud foreign body associated necrotising otitis externa – a case series and literature review

Introduction: Necrotising otitis externa (NOE) requires a high index of clinical suspicion in patients who use off-label cotton buds or Q-tips in the external auditory canal (EAC). Methods: A case series of 2 patients who presented to the emergency department with a 2-month history of worsening unil...

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Main Authors: Reza Bigdeli, Joe Jabbour, Anthony Noor, Kim Bradshaw, Hannah North, Narinder Singh, Niranjan Sritharan
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2022-06-01
Series:Otolaryngology Case Reports
Subjects:
Cotton bud
Foreign body
Otalgia
Necrotising otitis externa
Malignant otitis externa
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2468548822000273

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