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Prognosis. Prevalence. Earwax, also known by the medical term cerumen, is a waxy substance secreted in the ear canal of humans and other mammals. Earwax can be many colors, including brown, orange, red, yellowish, and gray. Earwax protects the skin of the human ear canal, assists in cleaning and lubrication, and provides protection against ...
Otomycosis is a fungal ear infection, [1] a superficial mycotic infection of the outer ear canal caused by micro-organisms called fungi which are related to yeast and mushrooms. It is more common in tropical or warm countries. The infection may be either subacute or acute and is characterized by itching in the ear, malodorous discharge ...
Sebacinales. Jelly fungi are a paraphyletic group of several heterobasidiomycete fungal orders from different classes of the subphylum Agaricomycotina: Tremellales, Dacrymycetales, Auriculariales and Sebacinales. [1] [2] These fungi are so named because their foliose, irregularly branched fruiting body is, or appears to be, the consistency of ...
Tympanosclerosis. Tympanoesclerosis. Other names. Myringosclerosis, intratympanic tympanosclerosis. Specialty. ENT surgery. Tympanosclerosis is a condition caused by hyalinization and subsequent calcification of subepithelial connective tissue of the tympanic membrane and middle ear, sometimes resulting in a detrimental effect to hearing.
Mucormycosis. Mucormycosis, also known as black fungus, [3] [4] is a serious fungal infection that comes under fulminant fungal sinusitis, [11] usually in people who are immunocompromised. [9] [12] It is curable only when diagnosed early. [11] Symptoms depend on where in the body the infection occurs. [13] [14] It most commonly infects the nose ...
Keratosis obturans. Keratosis obturans is a relatively uncommon ear disease, where a dense plug of keratin, formed by abnormal accumulation of desquamated skin in sheet like layers (lamellae), forms in the bony (deeper) part of the external auditory canal. [1] It is clinically diagnosed when removal of the debris shows silvery white peripheral ...
Dark cell. Dark cells are specialized nonsensory epithelial cells found on either side of the vestibular organs (the utricle and the ampullae of the semicircular canals [1]) and lining the endolymphatic space. These dark-cell areas in the vestibular organ are structures involved in the production of endolymph, an inner ear fluid, secreting ...
J.Schröt. Auricularia auricula-judae, commonly known as wood ear, jelly ear, or more historically, Jew's ear, is a species of fungus in the order Auriculariales. Basidiocarps (fruit bodies) are brown, gelatinous, and have a noticeably ear-like shape. They grow on wood, especially elder.