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.
Department of Anesthesiology and Reanimation, Bezmi Alem Valide Sultan Vakif Gureba Training and Research Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey. keremerkalp@hotmail.com
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Erkalp
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Kalekoğlu Erkalp
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Ozdemir
D000328:Adult; D000818:Animals; D004433:Earache / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D007313:Insecta; D008297:Male