Tuyển tập báo cáo các nghiên cứu khoa học quốc tế ngành y học dành cho các bạn tham khảo đề tài: Bilateral ossification of the auricles: an unusual entity and review of the literature | Head Face Medicine BioMed Central Open Access Bilateral ossification of the auricles an unusual entity and review of the literature Nicholas S Mastronikolis 1 Peter Zampakis2 Christina Kalogeropoulou2 Theodoros Stathas1 Vassiliki Siabi3 Eleni Geropoulou4 and Panos D Goumas1 Address Department of Otorhinolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery University Hospital of Patras Patras Greece 2Department of Radiology University Hospital of Patras Patras Greece 3Department of Internal Medicine University Hospital of Patras Patras Greece and 4Department of Pathology University Hospital of Patras Patras Greece Email Nicholas S Mastronikolis - nmastr@ Peter Zampakis - pzampakis@ Christina Kalogeropoulou - rat@ Theodoros Stathas - tstathas@ Vassiliki Siabi - vsiabi@ Eleni Geropoulou - egeropoulou@ Panos D Goumas - pdgoumas@ Corresponding author Published I October 2009 Received 13 June 2009 Accepted 1 October 2009 Head Face Medicine 2009 5 17 doi 1746-160X-5-17 This article is available from http content 5 1 17 2009 Mastronikolis et al licensee BioMed Central Ltd. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License http licenses by which permits unrestricted use distribution and reproduction in any medium provided the original work is properly cited. Abstract 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 both auricles. His main complaint was a mild discomfort during resting making sleeping unpleasant without any other serious symptoms. His medical history was significant for predisposing factors for this condition such as Addison s disease and .
