Long ear

{{redirect|Long ears|the mythical people|Hanau epe}} {{Infobox medical condition |name = Long ear |synonyms = |image = Excessive length of ears; facial asymmetry (Peterson 260).jpg |image_size = |alt = |image_thumbtime = |caption = Boy with long ears and facial asymmetry |width = |image2 = |image_size2 = |alt2 = |image_thumbtime2 = |caption2 = |width2 = |pronounce = |pronounce 2 = |specialty =  |symptoms = |complications = |onset = |duration = |types = |causes =  |risks =  |diagnosis = |differential = |prevention = |treatment =  |medication = |prognosis = |frequency =  |deaths = |named after =  }} '''Long ear''' is a condition in which the ears are unusually long from top to bottom. This is defined as the median longitudinal ear length being over 2 SD from the mean external ear length (superior to inferior aspect).<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=Long ear (Concept Id: C1848657) |url=https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/medgen/338515 |access-date=2023-12-04 |website=www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Ear, Long |url=https://elementsofmorphology.nih.gov/index.cgi?tid=2028381d5c61842a |access-date=2023-12-04 |website=elementsofmorphology.nih.gov}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |last=Talbot |first=Eugene Solomon |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=DL9pAAAAMAAJ&dq=%22long+ears%22+pathology&pg=RA2-PA18 |title=Developmental Pathology |date=1905 |language=en}}</ref>

== Conditions == Long ear is seen in:<ref name=":0" /> * Cohen-Gibson syndrome * Congenital disorder of glycosylation, type Iw, autosomal dominant * Diets-Jongmans syndrome * Faundes-Banka syndrome * Schinzel phocomelia syndrome

== See also == * Macrotia

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Category:Anatomical pathology