Auricular hypermobility due to agenesis of the extrinsic muscles

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.

Keywords

Surgery

Citation

Hoogbergen, M M, Schuurman, A H, Rijnders, W & Kon, M 1996, 'Auricular hypermobility due to agenesis of the extrinsic muscles', Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, vol. 98, no. 5, pp. 869-871. https://doi.org/10.1097/00006534-199610000-00021