title: Neonatal Hairy Ear Pinnae and Gestational Diabetes: Just a Coincidence?
abstract: A newborn girl of 36 weeks gestation was noted to have several anomalies, including bilateral low ear attachment with ear pinnae hypertrichosis, left preauricular pit, micrognathia, short lingual frenulum, and short neck. Pregnancy history revealed poorly controlled maternal gestational diabetes (GD). Localized hypertrichosis of the ear pinnae may represent a potential marker of GD and thereby alert physicians to suspect other potentially GD-associated conditions such as macrosomia, asphyxia, respiratory distress, hypoglycemia, hypocalcemia, hyperbilirubinemia, polycythemia, hypertrophic cardiomyopathy, and congenital anomalies, particularly those involving the central nervous system.
authors.affiliation: Department of Women's and Children's Health, Medical School, University of Padua, Padova, Italy.
authors.forename: Enrico
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Valerio
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatrics, Ospedale Dell'Angelo, Mestre, Italy.
authors.forename: Laura
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Riello
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatrics, Ospedale Dell'Angelo, Mestre, Italy.
authors.forename: Michela
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Chirico
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatrics, Ospedale Dell'Angelo, Mestre, Italy.
authors.forename: Rossella
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Semenzato
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatrics, Ospedale Dell'Angelo, Mestre, Italy.
authors.forename: Mario
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Cutrone
mesh_terms: D016640:Diabetes, Gestational / Q000175:diagnosis*; D042241:Early Diagnosis; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D006983:Hypertrichosis / Q000175:diagnosis*; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D007232:Infant, Newborn, Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis; D011247:Pregnancy