title: Auricular hypermobility due to agenesis of the extrinsic muscles.
abstract: A patient is presented with complaints of a hypermobile right ear due to agenesis of the superior and posterior auricularis muscles and a thin concha cartilage. Suturing the concha cartilage to the mastoid bone and temporal fascia gave sufficient support of the external ear without creating a gross difference in appearance of both ears.
authors.affiliation: Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Central Military Hospital of Utrecht, The Netherlands.
authors.forename: M M
authors.initials: MM
authors.lastname: Hoogbergen
authors.forename: A H
authors.initials: AH
authors.lastname: Schuurman
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Rijnders
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kon
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D004431:Ear, External / Q000002:abnormalities* / Q000502:physiology / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009068:Movement; D018482:Muscle, Skeletal / Q000002:abnormalities*