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Congenital hypertrichosis lanuginosa – deformities of the
external ear 
Rook p.2890—2891, 1998, Sixth Edition; J Genet
Humaine 17:10–13, 1969
Congenital postauricular swelling – cyst of first branchial cleft
Ped Derm 19:246–249, 2002
Giant antitragi
Hypertrichosis of pinnae – infants of diabetic mothers 
Pediatrics
68:745–746, 1981
DEGENERATIVE DISORDERS
Diastrophic dysplasia – cystic masses of ears
Elastotic nodules of the ears 
JAAD 50:100, 2004; Cutis
44:452–454, 1989
Primary open-angle glaucoma – diagonal earlobe creases 
J R
Coll Physicians Lond 26:459–460, 1992
Weathering nodules – white papules along the helix 
BJD
135:550–554, 1996
DRUG-INDUCED
Bromoderma – verrucous plaque
Corticosteroids, topical – milia on pinna 
Clin Exp Derm Sep2
(3):285–286, 1977
Cyclosporine-induced folliculodystrophy – cobblestoned
follicular papules 
JAAD 50:310–315, 2004
Dilantin – hypertrophy of retro-auricular folds 
Cutis 30:207–209,
1982
Diltiazem – photolichenoid drug eruption
Iododerma – verrucous plaque
Olanzapine – eruptive xanthomas 
AD 139:1045–1048, 2003
Retinoids – retinoid embryopathy – low-set ears 
JAAD
46:161–183, 2002; systemic retinoids – increased skin fragility
of ears
Thalidomide embryopathy – small malformed ears 
Rook
p.3015–3016, 1998, Sixth Edition; Syndromes of the Head and
Neck, 1990; p.29
EXOGENOUS AGENTS
Acupuncture beads
Argyria – silver earrings; blue macules of posterior earlobe
Dermatologica 177:189–191, 1988
Chloracne – comedones and cysts of posterior aspect of ear
and post-auricular crease 
Bolognia p.260, 2004
Contact urticaria
Earring – embedded stud; nodule resembling keloid; embedded
foreign bodies – presenting as earlobe keloids 
J Derm Surg
Oncol 10:902–904, 1984
Ethyl chloride – frostbite 
Br Med J 1:125, 1979
Fetal alcohol syndrome – railroad track abnormality with
prominence of crus of helix 
Rook p.3016, 1998, Sixth Edition
Foreign body 
Rook p.3023, 1998, Sixth Edition
Hydroquinone, topical – exogenous ochronosis
Mudi-chood – hyperpigmented papules with surrounding rim of
scale (India) 
BJD 95:197–198, 1976