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Case Reports
. 2006 Sep-Oct;72(5):717.
doi: 10.1016/s1808-8694(15)31034-x.

Auricular perichondritis by piercing complicated with pseudomonas infection

Felipe Montes Pena  1 , Daniela Mendonça Sueth, Maria Irene Rocha Bastos Tinoco, Janine Franklin Machado, Luiz Eduardo O Tinoco
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Case Reports

Auricular perichondritis by piercing complicated with pseudomonas infection

Felipe Montes Pena et al. Braz J Otorhinolaryngol. 2006 Sep-Oct.
No abstract available

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Post-treatment aspect with a view of the pinna.
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