Facial Nerve Paralysis Due to Intra-aural Hyalomma Tick Infestation | Zendy

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Facial Nerve Paralysis Due to Intra-aural Hyalomma Tick Infestation

Author(s) -

Müzeyyen Doğan,

Cem Devge,

Özlem Tanrıöver,

Yavuz Selim Pata,

Meral Sönmezoğlu

Publication year - 2013

Publication title -

turkish journal of parasitology

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.207

H-Index - 18

eISSN - 2146-3077

pISSN - 1300-6320

DOI - 10.5152/tpd.2012.60

Subject(s) - medicine , facial paralysis , tick infestation , otorhinolaryngology , hyalomma , facial nerve , forceps , palsy , facial symmetry , paralysis , audiology , auditory canal , tick , anatomy , surgery , veterinary medicine , ixodidae , alternative medicine , pathology

We present the case of a 33 year-old man from a village of the north-eastern part of central Anatolia admitted to the otolaryngology department of Yeditepe University Hospital with right facial asymmetry and pain on the right ear. A tick of the genus Hyalomma was observed in the external auditory canal of the right ear and it was removed with fine cup forceps under otomicroscopy. We are of the opinion that in patients presenting with sudden acute ear pain and facial palsy, the ear canal should be examined to exclude an infestation by ticks.

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