Low-set ears

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Low-set ears
Classification and external resources
ICD-10 Q17.4
ICD-9 744.29 (CDC/BPA 744.245)
MedlinePlus 003303

Low-set ears are ears with depressed positioning of the pinna two or more standard deviations below the population average.[1]

It can be associated with conditions such as:

It is usually bilateral, but can be unilateral in Goldenhar syndrome.[6]

See also

  • Leopard syndrome

References

  1. Sivan Y, Merlob P, Reisner SH (June 1983). "Assessment of ear length and low set ears in newborn infants". J. Med. Genet. 20 (3): 213–5. doi:10.1136/jmg.20.3.213. PMC 1049049. PMID 6876114. 
  2. "Down's Syndrome". 
  3. Sanchez-Cascos, A. (1983). "The Noonan syndrome". European heart journal 4 (4): 223–229. PMID 6884370. 
  4. H. Bruce Ostler (2004). Diseases of the eye and skin: a color atlas. Lippincott Williams & Wilkins. p. 72. ISBN 978-0-7817-4999-2. Retrieved 13 April 2010. 
  5. Michael Crocetti; Michael A. Barone; Frank A. Oski (2004). Oski's essential pediatrics. Lippincott Williams & Wilkins. p. 675. ISBN 978-0-7817-3770-8. Retrieved 27 October 2010. 
  6. 275447838 at GPnotebook
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