Tick bites in the external auditory canal.
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.
Iwasaki
Satoshi
S
Department of Otolaryngology, Hamamatsu University School of Medicine, 1-20-1, Handayama, Hamamatsu City 431-3192, Japan. iwasaki@hama-med.ac.jp
Takebayashi
Satoru
S
Watanabe
Takahiro
T
D000818:Animals; D001733:Bites and Stings / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000628:therapy; D004285:Dogs / Q000469:parasitology*; D004431:Ear, External / Q000293:injuries*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D018884:Ixodes; D008875:Middle Aged; D010032:Otitis Externa / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000628:therapy; D038781:Otoscopy