Differential diagnosis of ear pain are :
-otitis externa
-glossopharyngeal neuralgia
-bullous myringitis
-acoustic neuroma
-Ramsay Hunt Syndrome / herpes zoster oticus
-cholesteatoma
-osteoma
-foreign body
-barotrauma
-trauma
-temporomandibular joint syndrome
-referred pain – tooth pain, sinusitis , cancer of upper digestive tract
-mastoiditis
-auditory( Eustachian ) tube dysfunction
-chronic otitis media
-otitis externa
-acute otitis media
-otitis externa
-glossopharyngeal neuralgia
-bullous myringitis
-acoustic neuroma
-Ramsay Hunt Syndrome / herpes zoster oticus
-cholesteatoma
-osteoma
-foreign body
-barotrauma
-trauma
-temporomandibular joint syndrome
-referred pain – tooth pain, sinusitis , cancer of upper digestive tract
-mastoiditis
-auditory( Eustachian ) tube dysfunction
-chronic otitis media
-otitis externa
-acute otitis media