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Orf of the pinna

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 June 2007

C. A. Shinkwin ,
A. H. Holmes  and
A. P. Freeland
C. A. Shinkwin*
Affiliation:
Oxford
A. H. Holmes
Affiliation:
Oxford
A. P. Freeland
Affiliation:
Oxford
*
MrC. A. Shinkwin, F.R.C.S.I., Department of Otolaryngology, University Hospital, Queen's Medical Centre, Nottingham NG7 2UH.
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Abstract

A case of orf affecting the pinna is discussed. This is an unusual presentation of aninfection that is common in farming communities.

At the initial presentation the diagnosis was not suspected, the management therefore was inappropriate and probably gave rise to the secondary infection that ensued. The history described is classical.

Orf affecting the external auditory canal has been reported once, but orf affecting the pinna has not been described before.

Keywords

OrfEar, external
Type
Clinical Records
Information
The Journal of Laryngology & Otology , Volume 105 , Issue 11 , November 1991 , pp. 947 - 949
Copyright
Copyright © JLO (1984) Limited 1991

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