The tick Ixodida: An unusual foreign body in the ear

The tick Ixodida: An unusual foreign body in the ear

We report a patient with a hard tick in her left ear, adherent to the tympanic membrane.

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors:	Alazzawi, Sarmad, Omar, Rahmat, Raman, Rajagopalan
Format:	Article
Published:	Royal Society of Medicine 2016
Subjects:	R Medicine

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