The association and proportions between the structures in the face and head is a subject of interest for scientists as well as artists since renaissance. Auricle is one of these structures that have an important place in beauty measures, besides its function in hearing. The external ear begins to develop around the dorsal end of the first branchial cleft during the sixth week of gestation. The ...

Introduction: A 76-year-old male presented to our department with a neoplastic growth on his left auricle. Case Presentation: The patient was referred from another hospital because he very concerned about the cosmetic outcome. He had been refused an extensive plastic intervention due age and comorbidities. Clinical examination revealed 1.3 × 1.4 cm ulcerative upper ear helix. After total excisi...

Extraskeletal chondroma is a rare benign tumor that develops in the soft tissues, and it manifests as a solitary subcutaneous nodule or a slowly growing tumor. It occurs preferentially in the hand and foot area of adults, and the development in the auricle is very rare. We report a rare case of chondroma that developed in the auricle, which were treated with wedge excision and reconstructed usi...

An approach for the correction of cryptotia using a superiorly based superficial mastoid fascial flap and a skin paddle is introduced. The buried portion of the auricle was exposed through an incision made along the upper part of the helix, followed by an appropriate correction of the deformed cartilage. Protrusion of the upper portion of the auricle was accomplished using anchoring sutures. A ...

As we described elsewhere (Wenger et al., 1950 and 1952) the pattern of aesophageal leads, as registered at various heights above the diaphragm, gives us the chance of drawing conclusions about the conduction in the left auricle. CEsophageal P waves at auricular levels contain well defined intrinsicoid deflections (Brown, 1936; Neuman, 1951; Schwartz, 1947; Wenger, 1947) and the time of their a...

Background: Congenital malformations of the auricle are often combined with atresia of the outer ear canal and malformations of the ossicles, representing aesthetic as well as functional deficits. Optimal treatment should therefore address both aspects equally. This report describes a new approach, combining the reconstruction of the auricle with implantation of an active middle ear hearing aid...

The maize leaf consists of four distinct tissues along its proximodistal axis: sheath, ligule, auricle and blade. liguleless1 (lg1) functions cell autonomously to specify ligule and auricle, and may propagate a signal that correctly positions the blade-sheath boundary. The dominant Wavy auricle in blade (Wab1) mutation disrupts both the mediolateral and proximodistal axes of the maize leaf. Wab...