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Cerumen abnormality

MedGen UID:
901975
Concept ID:
C4280769
Finding
HPO: HP:0030787

Definition

Any anomaly of the cerumen (ear wax), the yellowish waxy substance secreted in the ear canal. [from HPO]

Term Hierarchy

Professional guidelines

PubMed

Tsai Do BS, Bush ML, Weinreich HM, Schwartz SR, Anne S, Adunka OF, Bender K, Bold KM, Brenner MJ, Hashmi AZ, Keenan TA, Kim AH, Moore DJ, Nieman CL, Palmer CV, Ross EJ, Steenerson KK, Zhan KY, Reyes J, Dhepyasuwan N
Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg 2024 May;170 Suppl 2:S1-S54. doi: 10.1002/ohn.750. PMID: 38687845
Tsai Do BS, Bush ML, Weinreich HM, Schwartz SR, Anne S, Adunka OF, Bender K, Bold KM, Brenner MJ, Hashmi AZ, Kim AH, Keenan TA, Moore DJ, Nieman CL, Palmer CV, Ross EJ, Steenerson KK, Zhan KY, Reyes J, Dhepyasuwan N
Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg 2024 May;170(5):1209-1227. doi: 10.1002/ohn.749. PMID: 38682789
Michels TC, Duffy MT, Rogers DJ
Am Fam Physician 2019 Jul 15;100(2):98-108. PMID: 31305044

Recent clinical studies

Etiology

Tsai Do BS, Bush ML, Weinreich HM, Schwartz SR, Anne S, Adunka OF, Bender K, Bold KM, Brenner MJ, Hashmi AZ, Keenan TA, Kim AH, Moore DJ, Nieman CL, Palmer CV, Ross EJ, Steenerson KK, Zhan KY, Reyes J, Dhepyasuwan N
Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg 2024 May;170 Suppl 2:S1-S54. doi: 10.1002/ohn.750. PMID: 38687845
Tsai Do BS, Bush ML, Weinreich HM, Schwartz SR, Anne S, Adunka OF, Bender K, Bold KM, Brenner MJ, Hashmi AZ, Kim AH, Keenan TA, Moore DJ, Nieman CL, Palmer CV, Ross EJ, Steenerson KK, Zhan KY, Reyes J, Dhepyasuwan N
Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg 2024 May;170(5):1209-1227. doi: 10.1002/ohn.749. PMID: 38682789
Skarzynski PH, Swierniak W, Gos E, Bienkowska K, Adeyinka P, Olubi O, Afolabi S, Skarzynska MB, Hatzopoulos S
J Health Care Poor Underserved 2021;32(3):1444-1460. doi: 10.1353/hpu.2021.0143. PMID: 34421042
Zhang S, Jin M, Zhou G, Zhang Y
Am J Otolaryngol 2020 Mar-Apr;41(2):102340. Epub 2019 Nov 7 doi: 10.1016/j.amjoto.2019.102340. PMID: 31735444
Chan KH, Dreith S, Uhler KM, Tallo V, Lucero M, De Jesus J, Simões EA
Int J Pediatr Otorhinolaryngol 2019 Feb;117:148-152. Epub 2018 Nov 30 doi: 10.1016/j.ijporl.2018.11.033. PMID: 30579070Free PMC Article

Diagnosis

Tsai Do BS, Bush ML, Weinreich HM, Schwartz SR, Anne S, Adunka OF, Bender K, Bold KM, Brenner MJ, Hashmi AZ, Keenan TA, Kim AH, Moore DJ, Nieman CL, Palmer CV, Ross EJ, Steenerson KK, Zhan KY, Reyes J, Dhepyasuwan N
Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg 2024 May;170 Suppl 2:S1-S54. doi: 10.1002/ohn.750. PMID: 38687845
Tsai Do BS, Bush ML, Weinreich HM, Schwartz SR, Anne S, Adunka OF, Bender K, Bold KM, Brenner MJ, Hashmi AZ, Kim AH, Keenan TA, Moore DJ, Nieman CL, Palmer CV, Ross EJ, Steenerson KK, Zhan KY, Reyes J, Dhepyasuwan N
Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg 2024 May;170(5):1209-1227. doi: 10.1002/ohn.749. PMID: 38682789
Nicolaou AG, Christodoulou MC, Stavrou IJ, Kapnissi-Christodoulou CP
J Chromatogr A 2021 Aug 16;1651:462277. Epub 2021 May 24 doi: 10.1016/j.chroma.2021.462277. PMID: 34091369
Michels TC, Duffy MT, Rogers DJ
Am Fam Physician 2019 Jul 15;100(2):98-108. PMID: 31305044
Crummer RW, Hassan GA
Am Fam Physician 2004 Jan 1;69(1):120-6. PMID: 14727828

Therapy

Zalzal HG, Lawlor CM
JAMA Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg 2023 Apr 1;149(4):360-367. doi: 10.1001/jamaoto.2023.0001. PMID: 36862403
Zhang S, Jin M, Zhou G, Zhang Y
Am J Otolaryngol 2020 Mar-Apr;41(2):102340. Epub 2019 Nov 7 doi: 10.1016/j.amjoto.2019.102340. PMID: 31735444
Orb Q, Rezaie A, Furst S, Meier JD, Park AH
Int J Pediatr Otorhinolaryngol 2019 May;120:73-77. Epub 2019 Feb 5 doi: 10.1016/j.ijporl.2019.02.014. PMID: 30772615
Ukaegbe OC, Umedum NG, Chime EN, Orji FT
Int J Pediatr Otorhinolaryngol 2016 Oct;89:169-72. Epub 2016 Aug 24 doi: 10.1016/j.ijporl.2016.08.015. PMID: 27619051
Dummer DS, Sutherland IA, Murray JA
Curr Med Res Opin 1992;13(1):26-30. doi: 10.1185/03007999209115219. PMID: 1468242

Prognosis

Tsutsumi K, Goshtasbi K, Risbud A, Khosravi P, Pang JC, Lin HW, Djalilian HR, Abouzari M
Otol Neurotol 2021 Oct 1;42(9):e1382-e1388. doi: 10.1097/MAO.0000000000003210. PMID: 34191783Free PMC Article
Nakagawa H, Toyoda Y, Albrecht T, Tsukamoto M, Praetorius M, Ishikawa T, Kamiya K, Kusunoki T, Ikeda K, Sertel S
Med Hypotheses 2018 May;114:19-22. Epub 2018 Feb 24 doi: 10.1016/j.mehy.2018.02.030. PMID: 29602456
Guardiani E, Zalewski C, Brewer C, Merideth M, Introne W, Smith AC, Gordon L, Gahl W, Kim HJ
Laryngoscope 2011 Oct;121(10):2250-5. Epub 2011 Sep 6 doi: 10.1002/lary.22151. PMID: 21898437Free PMC Article
Czechowicz JA, Messner AH, Alarcon-Matutti E, Alarcon J, Quinones-Calderon G, Montano S, Zunt JR
Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg 2010 Feb;142(2):272-7. doi: 10.1016/j.otohns.2009.10.040. PMID: 20115987Free PMC Article
Maroudias N, Economides J, Christodoulou P, Helidonis E
Int J Pediatr Otorhinolaryngol 1994 Mar;29(1):43-9. doi: 10.1016/0165-5876(94)90107-4. PMID: 8169046

Clinical prediction guides

Zalzal HG, Lawlor CM
JAMA Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg 2023 Apr 1;149(4):360-367. doi: 10.1001/jamaoto.2023.0001. PMID: 36862403
Tsutsumi K, Goshtasbi K, Risbud A, Khosravi P, Pang JC, Lin HW, Djalilian HR, Abouzari M
Otol Neurotol 2021 Oct 1;42(9):e1382-e1388. doi: 10.1097/MAO.0000000000003210. PMID: 34191783Free PMC Article
Michels TC, Duffy MT, Rogers DJ
Am Fam Physician 2019 Jul 15;100(2):98-108. PMID: 31305044
Chan KH, Dreith S, Uhler KM, Tallo V, Lucero M, De Jesus J, Simões EA
Int J Pediatr Otorhinolaryngol 2019 Feb;117:148-152. Epub 2018 Nov 30 doi: 10.1016/j.ijporl.2018.11.033. PMID: 30579070Free PMC Article
Erber NP, Alencewicz CM
J Speech Hear Disord 1976 May;41(2):256-67. doi: 10.1044/jshd.4102.256. PMID: 942611

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