Cryptotia is the condition where an
ear
An ear is the organ that enables hearing and, in mammals, body balance using the vestibular system. In mammals, the ear is usually described as having three parts—the outer ear, the middle ear and the inner ear. The outer ear consists ...
appears to have its upper portion buried underneath the side of the head. The condition also involves underdeveloped scapha and
antihelical crura. Cryptotia is also known as buried ear or hidden ear.
Treatment
Cryptotia is often treated through surgery which involves releasing the ear from its buried position, reshaping the
cartilage and using local tissue to resurface the released cartilage.
See also
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Otoplasty Otoplasty ( el, Wikt:οὖς, οὖς, , "ear" + , , "to shape") denotes the plastic surgery, surgical and non-surgical procedures for correcting the deformities and defects of the Pinna (anatomy), pinna (Ear, external ear), and for reconstructing a ...
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Ear shaping
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Otolaryngology
Otorhinolaryngology ( , abbreviated ORL and also known as otolaryngology, otolaryngology–head and neck surgery (ORL–H&N or OHNS), or ear, nose, and throat (ENT)) is a surgical subspeciality within medicine that deals with the surgical a ...
References
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Congenital disorders of ears
Diseases of the ear and mastoid process
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