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Painful, Red, Swollen Ear

Juan-Manuel Duran, MD
English Gonzalez, MD

American Family Physician. 2024;110(5):529-530.

Author disclosure: No relevant financial relationships.

JUAN-MANUEL DURAN, MD, Kaiser Permanente Union City Medical Offices, California

ENGLISH GONZALEZ, MD, St. Vincent's East Family Medicine Residency Program, Birmingham, Alabama

Address correspondence to Juan-Manuel Duran, MD, at jduran.say99@gmail.com.

Author disclosure: No relevant financial relationships.

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