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Low set ears

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Specialty
  
medical genetics

MedlinePlus
  
003303

ICD-10
  
Q17.4

ICD-9-CM
  
744.29 (CDC/BPA 744.245)

Low-set ears are ears with depressed positioning of the pinna two or more standard deviations below the population average.

It can be associated with conditions such as:

  • Down's syndrome
  • Turner Syndrome
  • Noonan syndrome
  • Patau syndrome
  • DiGeorge syndrome
  • Cri du chat syndrome
  • Edwards syndrome

    • It is usually bilateral, but can be unilateral in Goldenhar syndrome.

    References

    Low-set ears Wikipedia
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