Case presentation A 37 year old man was referred to our emergency department by his general practitioner with a three day history of muffled hearing and tinnitus of the right ear. Symptoms were sudden onset, with no associated pain, dizziness or otorrhea and no past history of hearing problems or medical illness. Family history was negative and physical examination was normal. Otologic examinat...

BACKGROUND Ceruminous glands are modified apocrine glands, situated in the external auditory canal, that, together with sebaceous glands, produce cerumen, better known as ear wax. The neoplastic transformation of these structures is very rare and there have been few cases reported in the literature. CASE REPORT Syringocystadenoma papilliferum is one of the rarest tumors among benign tumors aris...

Hearing loss is a common problem that can occur at any age and makes verbal communication difficult. The ear is divided anatomically into three sections (external, middle, and inner), and pathology contributing to hearing loss may strike one or more sections. Hearing loss can be categorized as conductive, sensorineural, or both. Leading causes of conductive hearing loss include cerumen impactio...

Unhealthy ears may cause hearing loss. This issue affect children to have difficulty communicating with others and decrease learning achievement at school. community service activity aimed give knowledge about loss conduct examinations in orphanage children. was held the Aulia Al-Ikhlas Orphanage Sungai Pagar Village, Kampar Kiri Hilir District, Regency, Riau. At beginning of activity, we provi...

The indigenous microbial flora of the middle ear cavity of Mongolian gerbils, Meriones unguiculatus, was isolated, characterized, and identified, showing it to be sparse and transitory. Organisms, when found in the middle ear cavity, were most likely to be Staphylococcus epidermidis-like organisms. Cerumen from the external auditory canal of these animals yielded mostly staphylococci, corynefor...

A nine-month-old Labrador retriever was referred to the Clinica Veterinaria Privata San Marco because of frequent headshaking and downward turning of the right ear. Clinical examination revealed that there was no external acoustic meatus in the right ear. Computed tomography confirmed that the vertical part of the right auditory canal ended blindly, providing a diagnosis of external auditory ca...

BACKGROUND Few studies have investigated ear involvement in nonsyndromic autosomal recessive congenital ichthyosis (ARCI). OBJECTIVES To assess the type and frequency of otologic manifestations of ARCI in patients under follow-up at the pediatric dermatology department of our hospital. MATERIALS AND METHODS We prospectively studied the presence of ear pain, ear itching, tinnitus, otitis, ce...

Dear Editor, Chronic carriers of hepatitis infection are living throughout the world mostly in the South East of Asia. Recent studies have shown that some HBsAg negative individuals may develop some sort of chronic hepatitis B which is detectable employing some new laboratory diagnosis techniques such as molecular tests. In human during decades, HBV had many mutations by which this virus has be...

The cleaning of the ear canal is very important, and it crucial that performed by an otolaryngologist as requires a high level competence skill. accumulation cerumen or earwax in one most commonly observed problems patients, ignoring may cause hearing loss, irritation discomfort. There are number techniques have been utilized past for canal, including irrigation, i.e., curettage water pick, syr...

Impacted cerumen is a widespread reason that patients visit Introduction: their health care providers. It effects approximately 2-6% of the general population and disproportionately impacts up to 65% of patients over 65. This study compared a new cerumen (earwax) removal product (Solution 1; EOS-002; a glycolic acid/bicarbonate formulation) versus two commercially available products (Solution 2...