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AURICULAR CALCIFICATION
Author(s) -
CHADWICK JOHN M.,
DOWNHAM II THOMAS F.
Publication year - 1978
Publication title -
international journal of dermatology
Language(s) - Uncategorized
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.677
H-Index - 93
eISSN - 1365-4632
pISSN - 0011-9059
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-4362.1978.tb05983.x
Subject(s) - medicine , calcification , palpation , calcinosis , surgery , pathology
Auricular calcification in two patients was discovered by palpation and x-ray of the pinnae of the ears. In one patient auricular calcification was locally secondary to chronic inflammation, while in the other patient systemically secondary to adrenal insufficiency, a systemic factor.