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Proper Ear cleaning and Ear Diseases/Problems
Jacqueline D. Laurito
External auditory canal
Outer 1/3 cartilage , ceruminous gland , seabaceous gland , hair
Inner 2/3 bone (tympanic and squamous portion of temporal bone) , anteroposteriorly , only epithelial lining on the periostium
Self-cleaning property
Proper Ear Cleaning
Common Symptoms of Ear Problem
Otalgia Otorrhea Tinnitus aurium Vertigo
Cause
Congenital Trauma Inflammation and infection Tumor Malignant Miscellaneous condition
Congenital
Complete or partial absence of auricle Preauricular sinus and/or cyst Accessory auricle Abnormalities in size or shape of auricle
Abnormalities in size or shape of auricle
Treatment Minor defect : plastic surgery Major defect : prothesis
Trauma
Larceration Blows Foreign body
Foreign body in EAC
Inflammation and Infection
Furuncle of external meatus Diffuse infective otitis externa Otomycosis Eczematous otitis externa Seborrhoeic otitis externa Granular myringitis Myringitis bullosa hemorrhagica Malignant otitis externa Perichondritis
Tumor
Exostosis Papilloma Angioma Fibroma Adenoma Osteoma
Malignant
Squamous cell carcinoma Basal cell carcinoma (Rodent ulcer)
Miscellaneous condition of the external ear
Miscellaneous condition
Wax Sebaceous cyst Keloid Acquired atresia and stenosis of external
auditory canal
Acquired atresia and stenosis of external auditory canal
Chronic otitis externa, eczematous type Operation Perichondritis Injury like corrosive burn Idiopathic
Treatment
Polyethylene tube Surgical treatment
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