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Referred otalgia:evaluation of causes | ||
| Tikret Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences | ||
| Article 1, Volume 6, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 155-159 | ||
| Author | ||
| Khalid Ali Fleah | ||
| Abstract | ||
| Otalgia is the sensation of pain in the ear,while referred otalgia is pain felt in the ear butoriginating from non-otological source.Ear pain is a diagnostic problem whenexamination of the ear shows no patholOb'Y· A prospective study was conducted in E.N.T. private clinics in Klrkuk city from Octnbcr 2007 to Oeer 2008. Age , sex andcauses of referred otalgia were noted. During the study period 210 patients wereevaluated , out of 210 patients 122 mnle "58%" and 88 females "42%".Tonsillitis,pharyngitis and post tonsillectomy were the commonest cause"5!.4%" . Threepatients hod malignancy of upper aerodigeslive tract and referred otalgia was one of itsmain sympto1ns. Referred ear pain is more commonly caused by tonsillitis , pharyngitisbut it may be ftrst symptom of head and neck malignancy. | ||
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