Auricular hypermobility due to agenesis of the extrinsic muscles

Plast Reconstr Surg. 1996 Oct;98(5):869-71. doi: 10.1097/00006534-199610000-00021.

Abstract

A patient is presented with complaints of a hypermobile right ear due to agenesis of the superior and posterior auricularis muscles and a thin concha cartilage. Suturing the concha cartilage to the mastoid bone and temporal fascia gave sufficient support of the external ear without creating a gross difference in appearance of both ears.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Ear, External / abnormalities*
  • Ear, External / physiology
  • Ear, External / surgery
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Movement
  • Muscle, Skeletal / abnormalities*