Cup Ear: Causes & Reasons

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Possible Causes for Cup Ear

Mowat-Wilson Syndrome

Facial properties include prominent narrow chin, open mouth, cupped ears with protruding lobes, broad nasal bridge with rounded nasal tip, and wide set eyes. [mowatwilson.org]

ear Cup-shaped ears Simple, cup-shaped ears [ more ] 0000378 Downslanted palpebral fissures Downward slanting of the opening between the eyelids 0000494 Drooling Dribbling [rarediseases.info.nih.gov]

Autosomal dominant inheritance 0000006 Broad eyebrow Broad eyebrows Flared eyebrow Increased vertical height of eyebrow Increased vertical thickness of eyebrow [ more ] 0011229 Cupped [rarediseases.info.nih.gov]

Genee-Wiedemann Syndrome

Showing of 39 | 80%-99% of people have these symptoms Abnormal dermatoglyphics Abnormal fingerprints 0007477 Cupped ear Cup-shaped ears Simple, cup-shaped ears [ more ] 0000378 [rarediseases.info.nih.gov]

ear ; Downslanted palpebral fissures ; Ectropion ; Eyelid coloboma ; Growth delay ; Hypoplasia of the radius ; Hypoplasia of the ulna ; Low-set ears ; Malar flattening ; [mousephenotype.org]

ears, lower lid ectropion, and symmetrical postaxial limb deficiencies with absence of the fifth digital ray and ulnar hypoplasia. [orpha.net]

Renpenning Syndrome

ears. [malacards.org]

The craniofacies tends to be narrow and tall with upslanting palpebral fissures, abnormal nasal configuration, cupped ears, and short philtrum. [malacards.org]

ears, and short philtrum. [malacards.org]

Pitt-Hopkins Syndrome

The dysmorphism consists of a large beaked nose, cup-shaped ears with broad helices, a wide mouth, Cupid's bow upper lip, wide and shallow palate and broad or clubbed fingertips [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

Facial dysmorphism - Enophthalmos, thin eyebrows, a large beaked nose with flared nostrils, broad cup-shaped ears, a fleshy and Cupid's bow appearance of the upper lip, a [symptoma.com]

Thick and cup shaped ears are noted for many people with PTHS. In profile, the lower part of the face may extend slightly beyond the upper part of the face. [pediatricbrainfoundation.org]

Kabuki Syndrome

ears; and (4) persistent fingertip pads. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

ears. [flipper.diff.org]

ears, very broad and arched eyebrows, elongated palpebral fissures that are often accompanied by eversion of the lower lid (particularly the lateral third), and a depressed [symptoma.com]

CHARGE Syndrome

Ear anomalies (95-100%) include low-set lop or cup-shaped outer ear with deficient cartilage of the outer pinna and a triangular concha, middle ear ossicle malformations, [orpha.net]

ears Facial clefting Tracheoesophageal fistula Congenital heart defects Genitourinary anomalies Developmental delay Other frequently associated abnormal findings include [emedicine.com]

[…] features include the following: Distinctive facial dysmorphology - Asymmetrical, square face; malar flattening; unilateral facial nerve paralysis; micrognathia; low-set, cupped [emedicine.com]

15q24 Deletion Syndrome

large ears cupped ears Chest Diaphragm: diaphragmatic hernia (less common) Muscle Soft Tissue: loose connective tissue Skeletal Hands: clinodactyly brachydactyly hypoplastic [malacards.org]

Face: smooth philtrum long philtrum facial asymmetry long face microretrognathia Head And Neck Mouth: open mouth small mouth high arched palate full lower lip Head And Neck Ears [malacards.org]

Brachyphalangy Polydactyly and Tibial Aplasia/Hypoplasia

hearing loss preauricular tags cup-shaped ears overfolded helices cleft lobules Skeletal: delayed bone age Skin Nails Hair Skin: scalp defect pterygium (elbows and knees [malacards.org]

Cup shaped ears. Aplasia of ulna, radius or humerus. Monodactyly, syndactyly, absence of multiple fingers. Ectrodactyly of the feet. [fetalultrasound.com]

Cupped ear MedGen UID: 335186 • Concept ID: C1845447 • Congenital Abnormality Laterally protruding ear that lacks antihelical folding (including absence of inferior and superior [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

Short Stature and Facio-Auriculo-Thoracic Malformations

Symptoms via clinical synopsis from OMIM: 57 Head And Neck Ears: low-set ears small ears cup-shaped ears overfolded helices Head And Neck Eyes: ptosis Head And Neck Mouth: [malacards.org]

The characteristic facial gestalt of PHS includes microcephaly, coarse facies, broad nasal bridge, wide mouth, fleshly lips, and cup-shaped ears. [chginc.org]

LADD syndrome is characterized by aplasia, atresia or hypoplasia of the lacrimal and salivary systems, cup-shaped ears, hearing loss, and dental and digital anomalies. [chginc.org]

Acrofacial Dysostosis Type Rodríguez

Craniofacial malformations, malar hypoplasia, severe micrognathia, cleft palate, small, protruding, “cup-shaped” ears, colobomas, drooping of the lower eyelids, and ectropion [accessanesthesiology.mhmedical.com]

Warsaw Breakage Syndrome

Name Warsaw Breakage Syndrome Synonyms - Classification developmental, genetic, neoplastic Phenotypes 2-3 toe syndactyly ; Autosomal recessive inheritance ; Clinodactyly ; Cupped [mousephenotype.org]

ears Sensorineural deafness Short neck Jugular hypoplasia Cardiac features Ventricular septal defect Tetralogy of Fallot Sketelal features Clinodactyly of the fifth fingers [en.wikipedia.org]

high arched palate, coloboma of the right optic disc, deaf-ness due to structural abnormalities of the inner ear (bilateralhypoplastic cochlea), small ventricular septal [docslide.com.br]

Ear Deformity

Prominent Ears Prominent ears, sometimes referred to as “lop-ear” or “cup ears,” are a deformity where the ears project more than the normal distance from the skull. [kidsplastsurg.com]

Ear In a cup ear, the rim (helical rim or helix) is thick and constricted, that is, it seems too tight and inflexible for the ear, so that it looks cup-shaped, and often [earbuddies.co.uk]

A variation of prominent ears is called “Cup Ear,” which is a more severe form. [infantearmolding.com]

Pfeiffer-Palm-Teller Syndrome

Cupped ear Capuchin ears, Simple, cup-shaped ears, Cup-shaped ears [more] Laterally protruding ear that lacks antihelical folding (including absence of inferior and superior [rarediseases.oscar.ncsu.edu]

ear Cup-shaped ears Simple, cup-shaped ears [ more ] 0000378 Narrow palpebral fissure Small opening between the eyelids 0045025 Showing of 12 | Last updated: 2/1/2021 Find [rarediseases.info.nih.gov]

ears, and narrow palpebral fissures with epicanthal folds, and intellectual deficit. [rarediseases.info.nih.gov]

Blepharophimosis-Epicanthus Inversus-Ptosis Syndrome

ear Cup-shaped ears Simple, cup-shaped ears [ more ] 0000378 Epicanthus inversus 0000537 Female infertility 0008222 High palate Elevated palate Increased palatal height [ [rarediseases.info.nih.gov]

Abnormality of the breast 0000769 Abnormality of the hair Hair abnormality 0001595 Amenorrhea Abnormal absence of menstruation 0000141 Autosomal dominant inheritance 0000006 Cupped [rarediseases.info.nih.gov]

[…] of the hair Hair abnormality [ more ] 0001595 Abnormality of the breast 0000769 Amenorrhea Abnormal absence of menstruation 0000141 Autosomal dominant inheritance 0000006 Cupped [rarediseases.info.nih.gov]

Agenesis of Lacrimal and Salivary Glands

ears and hearing loss, in addition to dental and digital anomalies. [ashg.org]

LADDS is an autosomal dominant syndrome characterized by aplastic/hypoplastic lacrimal and salivary glands and ducts, cup-shaped ears, hearing loss, hypodontia and enamel [geniverse.concord.org]

Lacrimo-auriculo-dento-digital syndrome is characterized by aplastic/hypoplastic lacrimal and salivary glands and ducts, cup-shaped ears, hearing loss, hypodontia and enamel [genecards.org]

Congenital Aural Atresia

N. : Hereditary cup-shaped ears and the Pierre Robin syndrome. J. Med. [sonoworld.com]

13.9 Lop-Cup Ear Anomaly ; 13.10 Protruding Ear ; 13.11 Variants of the Helix and Anthelix ; 13.12 Variants of the Ear Lobe ; 13.13 Auricular Tags ; 13.14 Auricular Pits [amazon.de]

pocket ear, absence of the upper helix, absence of the tragus, clefts, lobular deformities, and cup ear deformities type 1 and 2 Second degree : Dysplasia as a cup ear deformity [radiologykey.com]

X-Linked Mandibulofacial Dysostosis

The contralateral ear in these subjects was unremarkable with the exception of IV.1 who had a small, cupped ear. [jmg.bmj.com]

This 3-year-old boy has visible cup-ear deformities. He also has branchial cleft fistulae and only one kidney. [slideplayer.com]

Esophageal atresia, hypoplasia of zygomatic complex, microcephaly, cup-shaped ears, congenital heart defect, and mental retardation--new MCA/MR syndrome in two affected sibs [humangenetik-regensburg.de]

Patau Syndrome

Patau syndrome has an incidence of 1/10.000-20.000, the clinical diagnosis being suggested by the triad cleft lip and palate, microphthalmia/anophthalmia and postaxial polydactyly. Most frequent cytogenetic abnormality is free and homogeneous trisomy 13 (80.0%), rarely being detected trisomy mosaics or Robertsonian[…] [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

Anotia

CUP EAR A cup ear is usually cup-shaped and very difficult to push back into a normal position against the side of the head, because there is too little tissue in the rim. [earreconstruction.co.uk]

Total anotia is rare; there is no ear structure whatsoever, and a very low hairline. [earreconstruction.co.uk]

N. : Hereditary cup-shaped ears and the Pierre Robin syndrome. J. Med. [sonoworld.com]

Kidney Disease

Kidney disease, or renal disease, also known as nephropathy, is damage to or disease of a kidney. Nephritis is an inflammatory kidney disease and has several types according to the location of the inflammation. Inflammation can be diagnosed by blood tests. Nephrosis is non-inflammatory kidney disease. Nephritis and[…] [en.wikipedia.org]

Levy-Hollister Syndrome

Turner Syndrome

History Patients with Turner syndrome may present with a cystic hygroma on a fetal ultrasound [8] or may have swollen hands and feet owing to lymphedema at birth. Children usually present with short stature, but some girls younger than 11 years have heights within the normal range for girls without Turner[…] [emedicine.medscape.com]

X-Linked Mental Retardation Type 93

++Addition++ After reading multiple comments critiquing the post for the same thing, it's clear that I did a poor job of explaining what the table purports to show. It's not supposed to be an exact measure of IQ by profession by any means, as it is based entirely on average annual income figures. In other words,[…] [anepigone.blogspot.com]

Autosomal Dominant Mental Retardation Type 1

Title Other Names: Del(2)(q23.1); Monosomy 2q23.1; Pseudo-Angelman syndrome; Del(2)(q23.1); Monosomy 2q23.1; Pseudo-Angelman syndrome; Chromosome 2q23.1 microdeletion syndrome See More Categories: This disease is grouped under: Summary Summary 2q23.1 microdeletion syndrome is a rare chromosome disorder. Symptoms[…] [rarediseases.info.nih.gov]

X-Linked Syndromic Mental Retardation Type 28

Congenital Malformation of the Ear

Congenital ear anomalies include microtia (lack of all or part of the structures that form the outer ear), prominent ears and lop/cupped ears. [rileychildrens.org]

Congenital ear anomaly NOS, Congenital malformation of ear, unspecified, Ear anomalies, CUP EAR, EAR MALFORMATION, congenital deformity of ear (diagnosis), congenital deformity [fpnotebook.com]

Cup ear: Here the cartilage of almost the whole of the ear is deficient together with a deficiency of the skin. The ear does not unfurl and looks like a cup. [shortnotesinplasticsurgery.wordpress.com]

Aughton Syndrome

ears; and (4) persistent fingertip pads. [en.wikipedia.org]

ears [12] [13] [14] [15] [16] Skeletal anomalies: Spinal column abnormalities, including sagittal cleft vertebrae, butterfly vertebrae, narrow intervertebral disc space, [en.wikipedia.org]

[…] following: (1) arched and broad eyebrows with the lateral third displaying notching or sparseness; (2) short columella with depressed nasal tip; (3) large, prominent or cupped [en.wikipedia.org]

Congenital Disease

Test Catalog Invitae Congenital Disorders of Glycosylation Panel Test description The Invitae Congenital Disorders of Glycosylation Panel analyzes up to 103 genes that are associated with congenital disorders of glycosylation (CDGs). This test is useful for the diagnosis of patients in whom a congenital disorder of[…] [invitae.com]

Auriculocondylar Syndrome 3

Other ear abnormalities that can occur in auriculo-condylar syndrome include cupped ears, ears with fewer folds and grooves than usual (described as "simple"), narrow ear [medlineplus.gov]

[…] condition is an ear abnormality called a " question-mark ear ," in which the ears have a distinctive question-mark shape caused by a split that separates the upper part of the ear [ghr.nlm.nih.gov]

ear Cup-shaped ears Simple, cup-shaped ears [ more ] 0000378 Hypoplastic superior helix 0008559 Impaired mastication Chewing difficulties Chewing difficulty Difficulty chewing [rarediseases.info.nih.gov]

Microphthalmia - Ankyloblepharon - Intellectual Disability Syndrome

ears); congenital anomalies (congenital heart defects, renal anomalies); skeletal anomalies (persistent fetal fingertip pads; brachydactyly and/or clinodactyly; vertebral [oxfordmedicine.com]

” ears. [rarediseases.org]

Ears may be low set, anteverted, posteriorly rotated, simple, cup shaped, or abnormally modeled. Hearing loss has been observed. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]