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preauricular

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preauricular /pre·au·ric·u·lar/ (-aw-rik´u-lar) in front of the auricle of the ear.
preauricular
[prē′ôrik′yələr]
located anterior to the auricle of the ear.

preauricular [pre″aw-rik´u-ler]
in front of the auricle of the ear.

preauricular (prēôrik´ylr),
adj describes the area in front of the ear between the ear's opening and the cheek.

preauricular
in front of the auricle of the ear.

preauricular alopecia
an area of sparse haircoat located between the eyes and base of the ears in cats; a normal variation, but sometimes incorrectly interpreted as alopecia.


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1) Neurofibromatosis type 1 can cause conductive hearing loss when it invades the ear canal as a plexiform lesion in the preauricular area.
She presented with right sided painful and progressive preauricular swelling of 6 month duration, associated with ipsilateral painless level V lymph node enlargement.
Physical examination of the infant revealed multiple anomalies, including right-sided grade III microtia with absence of the external auditory canal, multiple preauricular tags and pits, hypoplasia of the right mandible, and an absent medial portion of the clavicle.
 
 
 
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