Red ear syndrome: Case report and review of the literature

Dermatology

Volumn 223, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 196-199

  Eismann, Regina ^a   Gaul, Charly ^a,b   Wohlrab, Johannes ^a   Marsch, Wolfgang Christian ^a   Fiedler, Eckhard ^a  

^a MARTIN LUTHER UNIVERSITY HALLE WITTENBERG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DUISBURG ESSEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cephalalgia; Dysesthesia; Red ear syndrome

Indexed keywords

IBUPROFEN; STEROID;

ADULT; CASE REPORT; CONTACT DERMATITIS; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; EAR DISEASE; EMOTIONAL STRESS; ERYSIPELAS; ERYTHEMA; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPERHIDROSIS; INFLAMMATORY INFILTRATE; MIGRAINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RED EAR SYNDROME; REVIEW; SKIN BIOPSY; SKIN EDEMA; TINNITUS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; ANALGESICS, NON-NARCOTIC; EAR DISEASES; EDEMA; ERYTHEMA; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERHIDROSIS; IBUPROFEN; MIGRAINE DISORDERS; PAIN; PARESTHESIA; STEROIDS; SYNDROME; TINNITUS;

EID: 84355166639     PISSN: 10188665     EISSN: 14219832     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000331578     Document Type: Review

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