Dermacentor variabilis: An Unusual foreign body of the external ear canal

Abstract

This case helps identify common aural foreign bodies in the pediatric population, understand the management of aural foreign bodies, and reviews special considerations that should be made with a tick as an aural foreign body. This is a case report of one pediatric patient with an external auditory canal foreign body at a tertiary hospital which resulted in therapeutic removal of a Dermacentor variabilis.

Keywords

• Foreign body
• Pediatric
• External auditory canal
• Tick
• Dermacentor variabilis