Acute otalgia during sleep (live insect in the ear): a case report.
Foreign bodies in the external auditory canal may cause otalgia, and live insects have been reported among the causes. A number of methods have been used to immobilize the live insects. In our manuscript, we describe immobilization of an insect and provision of analgesia using EMLA cream.
Erkalp
Kerem
K
Department of Anesthesiology and Reanimation, Bezmi Alem Valide Sultan Vakif Gureba Training and Research Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey. keremerkalp@hotmail.com
Kalekoğlu Erkalp
Nuran
N
Ozdemir
Haluk
H
D000328:Adult; D000818:Animals; D004433:Earache / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D007313:Insecta; D008297:Male