Ectopic Unilateral Ear Pit in an Otherwise Well-Appearing Child: A Case Report and Literature Review

Ear pits are a common congenital abnormality that is incidentally found on routine examinations. However, it is not well documented how many are found outside of their classical location or if these ectopic locations put patients at increased risk of having a hearing impairment, renal anomalies, gen...

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Autores principales: Nguyen, Henry H, Martin, Sydney, Jabine, Leslie
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cureus 2023
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Pediatrics
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10310060/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37398816
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.39720
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description Ear pits are a common congenital abnormality that is incidentally found on routine examinations. However, it is not well documented how many are found outside of their classical location or if these ectopic locations put patients at increased risk of having a hearing impairment, renal anomalies, genetic syndromes, or infection. Clinicians should be aware of the current guidelines for recognizing, screening, and evaluating for these risks in patients with ear pits, regardless of location.
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spelling pubmed-103100602023-06-30 Ectopic Unilateral Ear Pit in an Otherwise Well-Appearing Child: A Case Report and Literature Review Nguyen, Henry H Martin, Sydney Jabine, Leslie Cureus Pediatrics Ear pits are a common congenital abnormality that is incidentally found on routine examinations. However, it is not well documented how many are found outside of their classical location or if these ectopic locations put patients at increased risk of having a hearing impairment, renal anomalies, genetic syndromes, or infection. Clinicians should be aware of the current guidelines for recognizing, screening, and evaluating for these risks in patients with ear pits, regardless of location. Cureus 2023-05-30 /pmc/articles/PMC10310060/ /pubmed/37398816 http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.39720 Text en Copyright © 2023, Nguyen et al. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
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Ectopic Unilateral Ear Pit in an Otherwise Well-Appearing Child: A Case Report and Literature Review
title Ectopic Unilateral Ear Pit in an Otherwise Well-Appearing Child: A Case Report and Literature Review
title_full Ectopic Unilateral Ear Pit in an Otherwise Well-Appearing Child: A Case Report and Literature Review
title_fullStr Ectopic Unilateral Ear Pit in an Otherwise Well-Appearing Child: A Case Report and Literature Review
title_full_unstemmed Ectopic Unilateral Ear Pit in an Otherwise Well-Appearing Child: A Case Report and Literature Review
title_short Ectopic Unilateral Ear Pit in an Otherwise Well-Appearing Child: A Case Report and Literature Review
title_sort ectopic unilateral ear pit in an otherwise well-appearing child: a case report and literature review
topic Pediatrics
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10310060/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37398816
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.39720
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