Publication: Acute otalgia during sleep (live insect in the ear): a case report.
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2008-12-31T22:00:00Z
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Erkalp, Kerem
Kalekoğlu Erkalp, Nuran
Ozdemir, Haluk
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Foreign bodies in the external auditory canal may cause otalgia, and live insects have been reported among the causes. A number of methods have been used to immobilize the live insects. In our manuscript, we describe immobilization of an insect and provision of analgesia using EMLA cream.