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Cryptotia, familial

MedGen UID:
342243
•Concept ID:
C1852455
•
Disease or Syndrome
Synonym: Cryptotia, Familial
 
Monarch Initiative: MONDO:0007408
OMIM®: 123557

Clinical features

From HPO
Abnormality of the outer ear
MedGen UID:
335428
•Concept ID:
C1846460
•
Anatomical Abnormality
An abnormality of the external ear.
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Cryptotia
MedGen UID:
488992
•Concept ID:
C2315717
•
Congenital Abnormality
Invagination of the superior part of the auricle under a fold of temporal skin.
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Recent clinical studies

Etiology

Non-surgical correction of cryptotia.
Chia DH, Sim N
J Plast Reconstr Aesthet Surg 2021 Feb;74(2):377-381. Epub 2020 Sep 20 doi: 10.1016/j.bjps.2020.08.133. PMID: 33071167

Diagnosis

Atlantoaxial rotatory fixation in a child after bilateral otoplastic surgery.
Tauchi R, Imagama S, Ito Z, Ando K, Muramoto A, Matsui H, Matsumoto T, Ukai J, Kobayashi K, Shinjo R, Nakashima H, Ishiguro N
Eur J Orthop Surg Traumatol 2014 Jul;24 Suppl 1:S289-92. Epub 2013 Jun 11 doi: 10.1007/s00590-013-1254-6. PMID: 23754633

Therapy

Non-surgical correction of cryptotia.
Chia DH, Sim N
J Plast Reconstr Aesthet Surg 2021 Feb;74(2):377-381. Epub 2020 Sep 20 doi: 10.1016/j.bjps.2020.08.133. PMID: 33071167

Prognosis

Non-surgical correction of cryptotia.
Chia DH, Sim N
J Plast Reconstr Aesthet Surg 2021 Feb;74(2):377-381. Epub 2020 Sep 20 doi: 10.1016/j.bjps.2020.08.133. PMID: 33071167

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