A Case of Mite Parasitized in the Human Tympanic Membrane

Abstract

A 64-year-old woman referred for two days of left-ear tinnitus. The patient was diagnosed as having mite parasitize action. Otomicroscopic examination shows a small mite moving from the tympanic membrane to the external ear. After the mite was removed, tinnitus ceased.
As far as we know, this is first report case to be reported of a mite (Dermatophagoides pteronyssinus) on the tympanic membrane. It is important to concerned patients with tinnitus about mite parasite in tympanic membrane and external canal.