perichondritis of auricle
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Status:
Live
Synonym:
Perichondritis and chondritis of pinna
Perichondritis of pinna
Perichondritis of pinna
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DOID:222
An otitis externa involving infection of the tissue surrounding the cartilage of the earlobe (pinna), ear canal, or both. It may be caused by injury, burns, insect bites, ear piercing, or a boil on the ear. The common bacterial causative agent is Pseudomonas aeruginosa. Symptoms include redness, pain, fever, swelling of the earlobe and pus accumulation between the cartilage and the layer of connective tissue around it.
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1 Inferred automatically: Inferred by orthology to human genes with OMIM annotation
