Table Info

Symptoms
Fullness
Otalgia
Otorrhea/purulent ear discharge
Bleeding
Hearing loss
Pruritus
Tinnitus
Presence of mass/lump/ulceration
Facial weakness
Facial palsy

Declarations

Author contributions

PS: Conceptualization, Investigation, Data curation, Software, Writing—original draft. MA: Investigation, Formal analysis, Visualization, Writing—original draft. AG: Methodology, Writing—review & editing, Validation. IA: Conceptualization, Writing—review & editing, Supervision, Funding acquisition, Resources, Project administration. All authors read and approved the submitted version.

Conflicts of interest

The authors declare that they have no conflicts of interest.

Ethical approval

Not applicable.

Consent to participate

Not applicable.

Consent to publication

Not applicable.

Availability of data and materials

Not applicable.

Funding

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