It also offers some insight into the condition of the middle ear (ME), although to a lesser extent. Clinicians utilize an otoscope as part of routine wellness physical examination and when assessing ...

Tympanometry can assist in diagnosing otitis media, but it is not specific enough to be used alone, according to recently published data. Kjell K. Helenius, MD, of the department of pediatrics at ...

From the perspective of a patient, an otoscopy is an almost iconic moment during a visit to a family doctor. The physician takes a small instrument vaguely resembling a hammer and peers through it ...

A 59-year-old man presented to a local emergency department with a complaint of sudden inability to hear anything in his left ear for the past 4 days. He experienced occasional "buzzing" sounds in ...

A publication of the American Journal of Otolaryngology–Head and Neck Medicine and Surgery. McManus B, Harbarger C, Grillis A, Prewitt MG, Baiduc R, Block D, Paul O, Spankovich C. (2021). Otoscopy and ...

Acute promyelocytic leukemia (APL) (type M3 FAB) is a relatively rare pathology that represents approximately 10% of all the acute forms of myeloblastic leukemia. It is most important to identify this ...