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==Classification== | ==Classification== | ||
Otalgia may be classified according to origination into two groups: | Otalgia may be classified according to origination into two groups: | ||
*Primary (originates from ear) | *Primary (originates from ear) | ||
*Secondary (originates other system) | *Secondary (originates other system) | ||
Primary causes include,infectious,mechanical,neoplastic and inflammatory. | |||
Primary causes include,[[infectious]],mechanical,[[Neoplastic disease|neoplastic]] and [[inflammatory]]. | |||
Most of the secondary causes related to head and neck.<ref name="pmid18245001">{{cite journal| author=Siddiq MA, Samra MJ| title=Otalgia. | journal=BMJ | year= 2008 | volume= 336 | issue= 7638 | pages= 276-7 | pmid=18245001 | doi=10.1136/bmj.39364.643275.47 | pmc=2223060 | url=https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi?dbfrom=pubmed&tool=sumsearch.org/cite&retmode=ref&cmd=prlinks&id=18245001 }} </ref><ref name="pmid28846338">{{cite journal| author=| title=StatPearls | journal= | year= 2020 | volume= | issue= | pages= | pmid=28846338 | doi= | pmc= | url= }} </ref> | |||
==References== | ==References== | ||
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Overview
There are two distinct types of otalgia: Primary Otalgia - pain that originates from pathologies within the ear, Referred Otalgia - pain that originates from pathologies outside the ear and is referred to it.
Classification
Otalgia may be classified according to origination into two groups:
- Primary (originates from ear)
- Secondary (originates other system)
Primary causes include,infectious,mechanical,neoplastic and inflammatory. Most of the secondary causes related to head and neck.[1][2]