Supernumerary auricle on the lateral canthus.
A boy was born with an appendage on his right lateral canthus, with associated supernumerary auricles on the right cheek and a right ocular dermoid. We resected the appendage. Its core was composed of elastic cartilage, as is the external auricle. The lateral canthus overlaps facial cleft line No. 8 in Tessier's classification [Plast Reconstr Surg 4 (1976) 69] and forms the upper part of the first branchial arch. It appears that our patient's appendage was a supernumerary auricle, which had developed from the first branchial arch.
Shimizu
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F
Department of Plastic Surgery, Kobe Children's Hospital, Kobe, Japan. fumi@med.oita-u.ac.jp
Nishimoto
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S
Oyama
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T
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