Medicine:Long ear

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Long ear
Other namesLong ears
Excessive length of ears; facial asymmetry (Peterson 260).jpg
Boy with long ears and facial asymmetry

Long ear is a condition in which the ears are unusually long from top to bottom. This is defined as the median longitudinal ear length being over 2 SD from the mean external ear length (superior to inferior aspect).[1][2][3]

Conditions

Long ear is seen in:[1]

  • Cohen-Gibson syndrome
  • Congenital disorder of glycosylation, type Iw, autosomal dominant
  • Diets-Jongmans syndrome
  • Faundes-Banka syndrome
  • Schinzel phocomelia syndrome

See also

  • Macrotia

References