Kotoran telinga

Kotoran telinga
Kotoran telinga manusia
Informasi umum
Nama lain	Serumen
Pelafalan	Cerumen /səˈruːmɛn/
Spesialisasi	Otorhinolaringologi
Prognosis	prevalensi

Kotoran telinga adalah sebuah kotoran berwarna cokelat, jingga, merah, kekuningan atau abu-abu. Kotoran tersebut ditemukan di bagian dalam telinga manusia dan mamalia lainnya.

Bacaan tambahan

• Roeser RJ, Ballachanda BB (December 1997). "Physiology, pathophysiology, and anthropology/epidemiology of human earcanal secretions". Journal of the American Academy of Audiology. 8 (6): 391–400. PMID 9433685.
• Stone M, Fulghum RS (1984). "Bactericidal activity of wet cerumen". The Annals of Otology, Rhinology, and Laryngology. 93 (2 Pt 1): 183–6. doi:10.1177/000348948409300217. PMID 6370076. S2CID 30717377.
• Bøe R, Silvola J, Yang J, Moens U, McCray PB, Stenfors LE, Seljfelid R (September 1999). "Human beta-defensin-1 mRNA is transcribed in tympanic membrane and adjacent auditory canal epithelium". Infection and Immunity. 67 (9): 4843–6. doi:10.1128/IAI.67.9.4843-4846.1999. PMC 96817. PMID 10456939.

Pranala luar

• Keeping the ear clean and removing wax: Fact Sheet at PubMed Health
• Clinical practice guideline: Cerumen impaction (The American Academy of Otolaryngology – Head and Neck Surgery)

Klasifikasi	D
Sumber luar	MedlinePlus: 000979 Patient UK: Kotoran telinga