title: Tick on the tympanic membrane.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Different foreign bodies can reach the lumen of the external auditory canal. Clinical presence of the foreign bodies depends on the nature of the foreign body, localization, morphological features, and the presence of pathological process.
  
  
  METHODS
  This study gives a report on a rare foreign body--a tick on the eardrum, which is a very rare localization in European countries.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Identification, determination of the nature of the foreign body and the way of extracting it depend on the application of adequate diagnostic and therapeutic approaches.
authors: Dragoslava
authors: D
authors: Đerić
authors: Bojan
authors: B
authors: Pavlović
authors: Miljan
authors: M
authors: Folić
authors: Srbislav
authors: S
authors: Blažić
authors: Ljiljana
authors: L
authors: Čvorović
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D005547:Foreign Bodies / Q000150:complications; D006470:Hemorrhage / Q000209:etiology* / Q000469:parasitology; D006801:Humans; D013987:Ticks; D014432:Tympanic Membrane / Q000469:parasitology