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Superiorly displaced ears

MedGen UID:
340482
Concept ID:
C1850190
Finding
Synonym: High set ears
 
HPO: HP:0008541

Term Hierarchy

CClinical test,  RResearch test,  OOMIM,  GGeneReviews,  VClinVar  
  • CROGVSuperiorly displaced ears

Conditions with this feature

Primrose syndrome
MedGen UID:
162911
Concept ID:
C0796121
Disease or Syndrome
Primrose syndrome is characterized by macrocephaly, hypotonia, developmental delay, intellectual disability with expressive speech delay, behavioral issues, a recognizable facial phenotype, radiographic features, and altered glucose metabolism. Additional features seen in adults: sparse body hair, distal muscle wasting, and contractures. Characteristic craniofacial features include brachycephaly, high anterior hairline, deeply set eyes, ptosis, downslanted palpebral fissures, high palate with torus palatinus, broad jaw, and large ears with small or absent lobes. Radiographic features include calcification of the external ear cartilage, multiple Wormian bones, platybasia, bathrocephaly, slender bones with exaggerated metaphyseal flaring, mild epiphyseal dysplasia, and spondylar dysplasia. Additional features include hearing impairment, ocular anomalies, cryptorchidism, and nonspecific findings on brain MRI.

Recent clinical studies

Etiology

Sennaroğlu L, Tahir E
Laryngoscope 2020 Nov;130(11):E696-E703. Epub 2020 Mar 5 doi: 10.1002/lary.28596. PMID: 32134124
Prepageran N, Raman R
Ear Nose Throat J 2003 Aug;82(8):626-7. PMID: 14503102
Ferrario VF, Sforza C, Serrao G, Ciusa V, Dellavia C
Clin Anat 2003 Sep;16(5):420-33. doi: 10.1002/ca.10154. PMID: 12903065

Diagnosis

Weber AL, Dallow RL, Oot RF
Acta Radiol Suppl 1986;369:333-6. PMID: 2980490
Glasscock ME 3rd, Dickins JR, Jackson CG, Wiet RJ
Laryngoscope 1980 Jan;90(1):77-88. doi: 10.1288/00005537-198001000-00009. PMID: 7356771

Therapy

Prepageran N, Raman R
Ear Nose Throat J 2003 Aug;82(8):626-7. PMID: 14503102

Clinical prediction guides

Gea SL, Decraemer WF, Funnell WR, Dirckx JJ, Maier H
J Assoc Res Otolaryngol 2010 Mar;11(1):1-17. Epub 2009 Oct 16 doi: 10.1007/s10162-009-0192-9. PMID: 19834763Free PMC Article
Ferrario VF, Sforza C, Serrao G, Ciusa V, Dellavia C
Clin Anat 2003 Sep;16(5):420-33. doi: 10.1002/ca.10154. PMID: 12903065
Weber AL, Dallow RL, Oot RF
Acta Radiol Suppl 1986;369:333-6. PMID: 2980490

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