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Yellowish, black, or grayish dots (conidiophores) may be found scattered over the involved area. The deep canal often contains moist sheets of keratin shed from the lining, which typically resemble wet tissue paper. After prolonged treatment with topical antibiotic drugs for acute otitis externa, this ear canal, at follow up, contained numerous brown fruiting heads (conidiophores), indicating colonization of the external canal with an Aspergillus species; probably Aspergillus fumigatus. |
