Self-Extruded Grommet (Ventilation Tube) with Persistent OME (Glue Ear)

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Otorhinolaryngology

Case description

In this video we can see grommet which is extruded into the ear canal admixed with an earwax. Because of a persistent middle ear effusion the eardrum appeared bulging. The explanation of the extrusion of this type of short-term ventilation tube is that the epithelial migration is a natural process which occurs in the ear passage and starts at the centre of the eardrum and it is going outward.

tags: ear canal eardrum Earwax epithelial migration grommet

related terms: persistent middle ear effusion

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