%0 Journal Article
%T Uncommon Presentation of a Preauricular Sinus
%A Georgia Alexandra Spyropoulou
%A Alexander Dionyssopoulos
%A Dimitrios Oikonomou
%A Guy Sterne
%J Modern Plastic Surgery
%P 61-63
%@ 2164-5280
%D 2012
%I Scientific Research Publishing
%R 10.4236/mps.2012.23016
%X The preauricular sinus is a common finding in the pediatric population. An unusual case of a preauricular sinus that had as only manifestations recurrent postauricular abscesses is presented. A 13 year-old boy presented to the outpatients department with an infected cystic lesion and a hypertrophic scar below the left earlobe. He was operated 7 times in the past by different surgeons; however the postauricular abscess always recurred. Thorough clinical examination revealed a preauricular pit. The combined excision of the preauricular sinus and the remnants of the postauricular cyst resolved the problem and the patient has been asymptomatic ever since during a two years follow-up. Recurrent postauricular infected cysts may, albeit uncommonly, indicate an aberrant preauricular sinus, and the clinician needs to be aware of this possibility.
%K Sinus
%K Preauricular
%K Cyst
%K Abcess
%U http://www.scirp.org/journal/PaperInformation.aspx?PaperID=21208