A 19-year-old college student presented to the university health clinic with a 3-day history of pain and whitish drainage from his left ear. He had gone swimming before the onset of symptoms, and ...

Otitis externa is a common ear infection also known as swimmer’s ear. It develops in the ear canal leading to the eardrum. In some cases, otitis externa can spread to surrounding tissue, including the ...

She has no fever. Physical examination shows a slight swelling of the left auricle and of the temporomandibular region, and the left external auditory meatus shows an abundant purulent secretion. The ...

Symptoms of inflammation of the external auditory canal, including otalgia, itching/pruritus, or aural fullness; Signs of inflammation of the external auditory canal, including tenderness of the ...

Otitis externa (OE) more commonly called ‘swimmer’s ear’ is an extremely common, painful infection of the external ear canal which may also involve the pinna or tympanic membrane. In the Middle East, ...