title: [Physical diagnosis: diagonal earlobe crease and atheromatous coronary].
abstract: Physical diagnosis is considered to be a cornerstone in clinical medicine. Examination of the ears is frequently forgotten although, in many clinical situations, it may help: in gout (tophi), lupus, congenital anomalies, trauma and in local malignancies. We may add another physical-acquired sign: the Frank's sign in which a diagonal notch in the ear lobe is found in patients with coronary heart disease.
authors.affiliation: Section of Rehabilitation Medicine, Reuth Medical Center and Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University. aohry@bezeqint.net
authors.forename: Avi
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Ohry
mesh_terms: D003327:Coronary Disease / Q000175:diagnosis*; D004426:Ear Deformities, Acquired / Q000175:diagnosis*; D004431:Ear, External; D006801:Humans