Darwin’s Tubercle
Journal Title: Sultan Qaboos University Medical Journal - Year 2018, Vol 18, Issue 1
Abstract
Photographs of the left ear of a 47-year-old man showing (A) a Darwin’s tubercle presenting as (B) a prominence of the posterior-superior helix (arrows). In addition, (C) a preauricular pit (asterisk) was observed.
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Philip R. Cohen
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