Auricular complication of acupuncture |
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| Authors: | J G Gilbert |
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| Affiliation: | Timaru Hospital. |
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| Abstract: | Auricular chondritis occurred in a patient following a course of auricular acupuncture administered to help the patient give up smoking. Despite immediate treatment the condition pursued a long course resulting in considerable morbidity and some deformity of the ear. Twenty months after presentation the ear is not completely stable. Acupuncture should be considered a form of penetrating trauma which may induce perichondritis or chondritis in the auricle. |
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