Congenital Midline Cervical Cleft

Abstract

accessory components. By collapsing the unnecessary space and reconstructing a new tragus, we achieved an ideal distance from the new tragus to the auditory canal, which could not be attained by filling the hollow using cartilage graft. Because the shape and conditions of polyotia are very inconstant and the incidence of this anomaly is rare, it is difficult to establish a uniform surgical technique. We report our experience with polyotia and successful application of surgical technique: we utilized the shape of the excess auricle to build a new tragus and collapsed the concharesembling hollow with quilting sutures. In addition, this is the first formal case report of polyotia in Korea.