low set ears

Low set ears is a descriptive term used to given a depressed or abnormally low positioning of the pinna by two or more standard deviations below the population average.

Pathology

Associations

Low set ears can be associated with a number of anomalies which include:

• aneuploidic / chromosomal syndromic anomalies
  • trisomy 18
  • Jacobsen syndrome
• non-aneuploidic syndromic anomalies
  • fetal valproate syndrome
  • Freeman-Sheldon syndrome
  • Fryns syndrome
  • Noonan syndrome
  • Potter sequence

Siehe auch:

• Trisomie 18
• Fetales Valproat-Syndrom
• Noonan-Syndrom
• Fryns-Syndrom
• Jacobsen syndrome
• Freeman-Sheldon-Syndrom
• Potter-Sequenz

und weiter:

• Smith-Lemli-Opitz-Syndrom
• 7-dehydrocholesterol reductase deficiency
• kongenitaler Hydrozephalus