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Bilateral ossification of the auricles: an unusual entity and review of the literature

BACKGROUND: True ossification of the auricle with cartilage replacement by bone, is a very rare clinical entity and can result in an entirely rigid auricle. CASE PRESENTATION: We present a rare case of bilateral ossification of the auricles in a 75-years old man with profound progressive rigidity of...

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Autores principales: Mastronikolis, Nicholas S, Zampakis, Peter, Kalogeropoulou, Christina, Stathas, Theodoros, Siabi, Vassiliki, Geropoulou, Eleni, Goumas, Panos D
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2009
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2760514/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19796391
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1746-160X-5-17