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What does it mean when you have a black dot on your eardrum?

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Dr. Rebecca Gliksman answered

Specializes in Internal Medicine

Black dot ear drum: Could be that there was bleeding and even perforation,pervious laser, or cholesteatoma or rare glomus or very old dried wax. Who saw the black dot? Would follow up with ENT.

Answered 8/22/2017

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