Cavum hyperplasia

Cavum hyperplasia describes an enlarged and deepened bowl-shaped depression of the ear located in front of the auditory canal entrance , called cavum conchae in technical terms . It causes the lower and middle parts of the auricle to protrude and can be reduced in size during an otopexy operation.

Individual evidence

1. ^ Wolfgang Anderhuber: Pediatric ENT medicine . Elsevier, Urban & FischerVerlag, 2010, ISBN 978-3-437-24660-9 , p. 83.

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