AURICULAR agony.
Taiwan doctors at the Tri-Service
General Hospital in Taipei found
a woman’s severe pain was due
to a fruit-fly larva living in her left
aural canal eroding sections of the
skin lining the canal.
Dr. Cheng-Ping Shih of Tri-
Service General Hospital in Taipei
told NBC News via email, “The
larva was still alive in the ear
while the patient visited our
emergent department,” reported
the New England Journal of
Medicine (NEJM).
According to the NEJM article,
most animals invading ear canals
are flying objects or cockroaches
making the larva “relatively
unusual.”
The larva was safely removed
and with antibiotic treatment,
within two weeks the ear was
healed and the pain gone.The above article was sent to subscribers in Pharmacy Daily's issue from 17 Feb 14 To see the full newsletter, see the embedded issue below or CLICK HERE to download Pharmacy Daily from 17 Feb 14
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