haematoma auris
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Related to haematoma auris: auricular hematoma, auricular haematoma
Aetiology Contact sports—wrestling, boxing-related trauma—in adolescents, or falls in the elderly and children; the natural evolution of haematomas in this site is toward granulation tissue and exuberant fibrosis; primary CE occurs in polychondritis
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haematoma auris
’cauliflower ear’ resulting from repeated bleeding into the tissues of the ear, usually caused by boxing, with the formation of much internal scar tissue and distortion.Collins Dictionary of Medicine © Robert M. Youngson 2004, 2005