Auricular hypermobility due to agenesis of the extrinsic muscles.
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.
Hoogbergen
M M
MM
Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Central Military Hospital of Utrecht, The Netherlands.
Schuurman
A H
AH
Rijnders
W
W
Kon
M
M
D000328:Adult; D004431:Ear, External / Q000002:abnormalities* / Q000502:physiology / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009068:Movement; D018482:Muscle, Skeletal / Q000002:abnormalities*