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Adapting Injection Techniques to Different Regions
Published in Yates Yen-Yu Chao, Sebastian Cotofana, Anand V Chytra, Nicholas Moellhoff, Zeenit Sheikh, Adapting Dermal Fillers in Clinical Practice, 2022
Yates Yen-Yu Chao, Sebastian Cotofana, Nicholas Moellhoff
Augmentation enlargement is usually the main request for earlobe treatment. Bigger ears are believed to be related to good fortune or long lives. Surgery or trauma resulting in asymmetric sizes of the earlobe or congenital micro-lobes could also be addressed with moderate enlargement using fillers.
Mouth, tongue, lips and ears
Published in Richard Ashton, Barbara Leppard, Differential Diagnosis in Dermatology, 2021
Richard Ashton, Barbara Leppard
A firm round pink/purple papule or nodule can develop on the ear lobe following ear piercing. It may gradually increase in size and become unsightly. It is differentiated from an inclusion epidermoid cyst (due to epidermis being implanted into the dermis at the time of ear piercing) by its colour, an epidermoid cyst being white or skin coloured.
Bioelectric and Biomagnetic Signal Analysis
Published in Arvind Kumar Bansal, Javed Iqbal Khan, S. Kaisar Alam, Introduction to Computational Health Informatics, 2019
Arvind Kumar Bansal, Javed Iqbal Khan, S. Kaisar Alam
The electrodes are aligned with: 1) ear lobe denoted as Ai(1≤i≤2); 2) central – midline of the scalp denoted as Ci(i> 0); 3) nasopharyngeal – aligned with the nose and denoted as FP; 4) parietal (towards back of the skull) denoted by Pi; 5) frontal polar denoted as Fi(i> 0); 6) temporal-lobe (side of the skull near ear) denoted by Ti(i> 0) and 7) occipital (back of the skull) denoted by Oi(i> 0). The reference points are the bottom of an earlobe, two eyes, nasion: top mid-point of a nose, and inion: mid-point of the back of the skull as shown in Figure 7.18. This causes 23 points as illustrated in Figure 7.18. Even numbered electrodes are placed on the right hemisphere, and odd numbered are placed on the left hemisphere. The subscript “z” denotes the central longitudinal line joining nasion and inion.
Extensive Keloid and Hypertrophic Mixed Scarring Pattern in Ear Lobes of a 14-Year-Old African Female: A Case Report
Published in Fetal and Pediatric Pathology, 2023
Javier Arredondo Montero, Mónica Bronte Anaut, Carlos Bardají Pascual
Massive ear keloids, which are those in which the size of the keloid mass is larger than the corresponding ear surface area [8], most commonly affect the earlobes in adults, rather than children, of African origin [7, 8]. Despite multiple therapeutic options, including surgery, intralesional verapamil, intralesional corticosteroids and cryotherapy [9, 10], the risk of recurrence is high. Histologically we found a mixed aberrant scarring pattern, with a predominantly hypertrophic component (corresponding to the proliferative part of the lesion) with admixed hyalinized keloid areas. The weight of the lesion constantly pulling on the lobe may have continuously traumatized the lesion, contributing to the continuous growth. In this case, given the large size of the lesions, surgical resection was chosen. In conclusion, this report shows that this type of lesion can progressively grow during childhood and reach a massive size.
Efficacy of immediate physiotherapy after surgical release of zygomatico-coronoid ankylosis in a young child: A case report
Published in Physiotherapy Theory and Practice, 2022
Krzysztof Dowgierd, Anna Lipowicz, Małgorzata Kulesa-Mrowiecka, Wojciech Wolański, Paweł Linek, Andrzej Myśliwiec
This report presents the physiotherapy intervention and outcomes of the treatment of a female child between 1 and 4 years of age, born in the Silesian region of Poland. The child was born from a second pregnancy, and based on the number of erupted teeth (dental age estimation), child development was classified as typical. No history of bone defects was reported in the parents or in close relatives. Immediately after birth, the pediatrician diagnosed the child’s oral cavity disorders, consisting of the inability to open the jaws, and referred the girl to an orthodontist for consultation. The first diagnosis was made 5 days after birth by a specialist in the field of craniofacial defects with many years of experience, who diagnosed the child with hemifacial microsomia. From the functional standpoint, a limited mandibular depression and a right occlusal fissure larger than the left one was observed. An active suction reflex was also found, but with no tongue extension between the upper and lower alveolar ridges. The lower part of the left ear lobe was smaller than that on the right. The child was referred to an extended specialist consultation in the Center for Facial Craniofacial Defects and Maxillofacial Surgery in Olsztyn, Poland. At age 16 months, a computed tomography (CT) scan was obtained to diagnose congenital TMJ ankylosis. The girl was qualified for surgery to release the function of the left TMJ joint.
Biomechanical characterization of earlobe keloid by ring suction test
Published in Computer Methods in Biomechanics and Biomedical Engineering, 2020
A. Elouneg, Q. Lucot, E. Veyrat-Durebex, A. Lejeune, J. Chambert, T. Lihoreau, B. Chatelain, G. Rolin, E. Jacquet
External mechanical forces can be used to prevent keloid development or recurrency. In this way, an innovative pressotherapy device (silicon forceps, equipped with magnets) has recently been developed at the University Hospital of Besançon in collaboration with biomedical engineer school of ISIFC (Institut supérieur d’ingénieurs de Franche-Comté). Since 2018, this compression device is under clinical evaluation (Scar Wars study, NCT03312166) at ‘Centre d’Investigation Clinique’ CIC INSERM 1431 (Lihoreau et al. 2020). The device is applied on earlobe after earlobe keloid surgery in order to prevent from keloid recurrency. A wide mechanical characterization of earlobe keloid would provide us information to improve the efficiency of such pressotherapy, i.e., compression level and load duration. As the ear lobe surface is small, few mechanical tests can be performed within a restricted area, such as indentation and suction tests.