title: Excision technique for chondrodermatitis nodularis helicis.
abstract: This painful nodule of the ear commonly recurs at the tips of the excision ellipse. To minimize this risk, a smooth transition from the normal helical rim to the defect can be achieved by undermining between the skin and cartilage at the ends of the ellipse and trimming the cartilage spikes.
authors.affiliation: Austin and Repatriation Medical Centre, Heidelberg, Victoria, Australia.
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Sinclair
mesh_terms: D004425:Ear Cartilage / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D004427:Ear Diseases / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D013514:Surgical Procedures, Operative / Q000379:methods*