Born in the Ear Canal: Tick Larva on the Eardrum

Abstract

We report the case of a 54-year-old woman who presented to the ear, nose, and throat (ENT) outpatient clinic with hearing loss, tinnitus, and fullness in her right ear. In the first clinical examination, a pouch hanging in the anterior upper quadrant was detected in the tympanic membrane of the right ear. A tick larva was found in the cyctic lesion located on the tympanic membrane. Our case was unique due to this unexpected diagnosis.

Keywords

• external ear canal
• tympanic membrane
• foreign body
• ticks
• larvae
• case report