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Congenital earpits or auricular sinuses
Author(s) -
MOLL MERETE
Publication year - 1991
Publication title -
apmis
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.909
H-Index - 88
eISSN - 1600-0463
pISSN - 0903-4641
DOI - 10.1111/j.1699-0463.1991.tb05125.x
Subject(s) - medicine , anatomy , branchial arch , congenital malformations , inner ear , middle ear , surgery , biology , pregnancy , embryo , genetics , microbiology and biotechnology
Congenital earpits or auricular sinuses are defects in the development of the outer ear from the 1st and 2nd branchial arch. They are most often located in front of the ear. Six cases are described. Early surgery is recommended because of a tendency towards infection with scarring. They can be associated with serious internal abnormalities, especially deafness and kidney malformations.