title: The tick Ixodida: an unusual foreign body in the ear.
abstract: We report a patient with a hard tick in her left ear, adherent to the tympanic membrane.
authors.affiliation: Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Faculty of Medicine, University Of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia dr.sarmad2001@yahoo.com.
authors.forename: Sarmad
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Alazzawi
authors.affiliation: Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Faculty of Medicine, University Of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
authors.forename: Rahmat
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Omar
authors.affiliation: Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Faculty of Medicine, University Of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
authors.forename: Rajagopalan
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Raman
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000818:Animals; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004431:Ear, External; D005260:Female; D005547:Foreign Bodies / Q000175:diagnosis*; D006801:Humans; D064927:Tick Bites / Q000175:diagnosis*; D013987:Ticks
keywords: Ear; Ixodida; foreign body; tick