Archives of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery · 1943 · 22 citations · 3 references
MedicineOtolaryngologySurgeryAuditory AnatomyOtologyPediatric OtolaryngologyAuricle AnatomyCongenital Ear AnomaliesEar AnatomyEar SurgeryExternal Auditory Canal AnatomyMiddle Ear DisordersCartilaginous PortionCochlear MalformationsCongenital Auricular MalformationsCongenital Ear Canal MalformationsCongenital Middle Ear MalformationsExternal Auditory Canal MorphologyFracturesMultiple Fractures
A deformed auricle and an occluded external auditory canal are indications that there may be further malformations within the confines of the middle and the internal ear. Such a situation occurred in the following case. <h3>REPORT OF A CASE</h3> A white girl aged 10 years was struck by an automobile and died in the hospital after a few hours. The body was 59 inches (150 cm.) long; multiple fractures of the base of the skull were found. The left ear was of normal size and shape, but on the right side there was only a cartilaginous ridge, 3 cm. long, crescentic in shape and concave anteriorly. In the center of the concavity a small orifice admitted only the head of a probe. Three horizontal grooves, 3 to 5 mm. in depth, were present above the ridge. The petrous pyramid was narrower on the affected side, and its transverse measurement across
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