Accidental Instillation of Superglue in External Ear: A Unique Foreign Body
Keywords:
Superglue, cyanoacrylate, foreign body, external ear canalAbstract
Foreign bodies in the ear are not an uncommon clinical entity; however, we hereby report a unique case of cyanoacrylate glue
or superglue, accidentally instilled by a child into the external auditory canal of a young adult. Complete removal of the glue
manually under microscope while preserving the normal anatomy of the ear canal and tympanic membrane is described.
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