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Can an ear infection cause a wart or tumor?
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Not likely: Ear infections do not predispose one to warts or tumors, although an untreated ear infection could cause an abscess which is tumor-like in its behavior.
Answered 3/22/2016
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Not at all: A middle ear infection is limited to the middle ear space, and has its own pattern of germs as a cause.They do not include the wart virus or anything to do with tumors. Sometimes a mass can develop within a dimple or retraction pocket in the ear drum & can act like a tumor (cholesteotoma) but that has less to do with an infection & more to do with a chance event.
Answered 7/5/2017
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