Somayaji K S Gangadhara, Rajeshwari A
K.V.G Medical College Hospital, Sullia, Karnataka 574 327 India ; Sharada Vasudeva Sadana, No: 3-3/88, 3rd main road, Prashanth Nagara Layout, Behind Derebail church, Mangalore, Karnataka 575 006 India.
Indian J Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg. 2007 Sep;59(3):237-9. doi: 10.1007/s12070-007-0069-3. Epub 2007 Oct 5.
Accidental entry of foreign bodies into the ear canal is very common. Animate foreign bodies constitute upto 14% of cases, majority being the cockroaches. Not many cases of ticks entering into human ears are found in the scientific literature. Even the available reports are from South Africa, Nepal, Malaysia, Chile and Srilanka. This Indian study discusses the occurence, clinical features, the methods adopted in the removal and the complications of tick infestation of human ear. A total of 144 cases of ticks entering the human ears were studied over a period of two years from Jan 2004 to Dec 2005. This report represents one of the largest recorded series of human otoacariasis available in the Indian literature.
异物意外进入耳道非常常见。活体异物占病例的14%，其中大部分是蟑螂。科学文献中发现蜱虫进入人耳的病例并不多。即使是现有的报告也来自南非、尼泊尔、马来西亚、智利和斯里兰卡。这项印度研究讨论了蜱虫感染人耳的发生率、临床特征、清除方法及并发症。从2004年1月至2005年12月的两年时间里，共研究了144例蜱虫进入人耳的病例。本报告是印度文献中记录的最大系列人类耳螨病之一。
