Cryptotia

Definition:

Objective: Invagination of the superior part of the auricle under a fold of temporal skin

Comments:

There are associated anomalies of the upper antihelix and crura. The upper one-third of the auricle is primarily affected and there is an inferomedial displacement of the Helical Darwin tubercle. Two types are recognized: Type I, the antihelix and superior crus are reduced in size (Fig. a); Type II, it is the antihelix and inferior crus that are affected (Fig. b) [Hirose et al., [1985]].

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