Abnormal Finding
- External auditory canal
- Tenderness on pulling auricle: (Otitis externa )
- Canal swollen, narrowed, moist, with pus. (Otitis externa )
- Yellow to brown, sticky to hard cerumen and obscuring drum: (Ear Wax)
- Foreign body
- Ear drum
- Color:
- Bulging: (Acute otitis media)
- Retraction: (Tympanosclerosis)
- Translucent: Air fluid level (Otitis media)
- Hemorrhagic vesicles: (Bullous meringitis)
- Hole: (Perforation)
Images from Dr Stankiewicz's collection
- For a beautiful collection of abnormal findings, see Dr Stankiewicz power point presentation from the home page.