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Calcification of the pinna
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Endocrinopathies: Addison disease, diabetes mellitus, acromegaly, others;
Chondropathies: alkaptonuria, relapsing polychondritis, others;
Trauma: frostbite, mechanical trauma, radiotherapy;
Systemic calcium derangements: hyperparathyroidism, sarcoidosis, others;
Other: apparently normal persons, scleroderma, others!
    Discussion -- not available online[Top] [Nav]
    Erratum in printed version[Top] [Nav]
       *[footnote 4] Year should be 1982.
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  • Calcification of the auricle [102]
  • Stiff earlobe as a reliable sign of Addison disease, vs. calcified pinna, which is not. [103]
    Footnotes in Print Edition[Top] [Nav]
    (1) The petrified auricle: comments on ossification, calcification and exostoses of the external ear.
  DiBartolomeo JR.   Laryngoscope 1985 May;95(5):566-76.  Pubmed+Abstract  Similars
    (2) Calcification of the auricular cartilage.
  Gordon DL.   Arch Int Med. 1964;113:23-27.  Medline
    (3a) [Calcification of the auricular cartilages in prolactinoma (letter)].
  Dominguez JR, Estopinan V, et al.   Med Clin (Barc) 1985 Oct 26;85(13):557-8.  Pubmed  Similars
    (3b) Calcification of the auricular cartilage.
  McKusick VA.   N Engl J Med. 1964;270:319.  Medline
    (4) Calcification of auricular cartilages in patients with hypopituitarism.
  Barkan A, Glantz I.   J Clin Endocrinol Metab 1982 Aug;55(2):354-7.  Pubmed+Abstract  Similars
    (M) McKusick 165670 = calcification of the pinna.
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    101.Pinnal calcification: observations in systemic diseases not associated with disordered calcium metabolism.
  McKusick VA, Goodman RM.   J Am Med Assn. 1962;179:144-146.
    102.Calcification of the auricle.
  Osler W.   Montreal Med J.. 1895-96;696 only.
    103.The Art and Science of Bedside Diagnosis.
  Sapira JD. Baltimore: Urban & Schwarzenburg, 1990: 209.   Amazon.com
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