Halle Hizer, 20, was on vacation in Greece when a bug bite turned into a painful abscess, requiring surgery back at home. That's when doctors learned what had actually bitten her.

A woman who thought she had a mosquito bite on her ear developed an abscess and needed surgery — but it was something else entirely.

The first was a 6-year-old girl who presented with an abscess of a lymph node inferior to her right ear, shown in Figure 1. A needle aspiration was done yielding 2 mL of pus and relief of pain ...

A sore throat and earache may indicate an infection, allergy, or other medical condition. Learn more about sore throat and ears here.

Lauren Gwinnell first noticed her daughter Elodie Roberts' right ear sticking out more than usual after returning from a family holiday ...

Pediatrics researchers find an unexplained increase in brain abscesses in kids and teens in Nevada. A surge in children's respiratory illnesses could be why.