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:
    • Red and loss of landmarks (Acute purulent otitis media)
    • Amber: Serous effusion (Barotrauma)
  • 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.