BACKGROUND In lymphoscintigraphies of the head and neck, multiple injections around a tumor result in variable drainage to multiple nodal basins. We undertook this study in healthy subjects to test whether single injections at specified points in the auricle display single predictable pathways and predict visualization of parotid sentinel lymph nodes (SLNs). METHODS Twenty-five healthy subjec...

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...