Content area

Abstract

A 9-year-old boy reported hearing buzzing noises and having a sensation of a foreign body in the right ear. A tick was found embedded in his right tympanic membrane.

Details

Title
Tick Attached to the Tympanic Membrane
Author
Kasle, David; Waldman, Erik 1 

1  Yale–New Haven Hospital, New Haven, CT 
Pages
1761-1761
Section
Images in Clinical Medicine
Publication year
2019
Publication date
May 2, 2019
Publisher
Massachusetts Medical Society
Website
http://www.nejm.org
ISSN
00284793
e-ISSN
15334406
Source type
Scholarly Journal
Language of publication
English
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1056/NEJMicm1812049
ProQuest document ID
2218388454
Copyright
Copyright © 2019 Massachusetts Medical Society. All rights reserved.