Pneumocystis jirovecii infection of the external auditory canal
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DESCRIPTION A 40-year-old female patient presented with a progressive hearing loss in her right ear during the last 3 months. She did not have otorrhea or otalgia. She did not report any attack of vertigo or tinnitus. On physical examination, the right external auditory canal (EAC) was completely occluded by a hard mass, which was fixed and covered with wax. Pure tone audiometry revealed a seve...
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عنوان ژورنال: Southern African Journal of HIV Medicine
سال: 2010
ISSN: 2078-6751,1608-9693
DOI: 10.4102/sajhivmed.v11i2.233