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Long ear

MedGen UID:
338515
Concept ID:
C1848657
Finding
Synonym: Long ears
 
HPO: HP:0400004

Definition

Median longitudinal ear length greater than two SD above the mean determined by the maximal distance from the superior aspect to the inferior aspect of the external ear. [from HPO]

Term Hierarchy

CClinical test,  RResearch test,  OOMIM,  GGeneReviews,  VClinVar  
  • Long ear

Conditions with this feature

Schinzel phocomelia syndrome
MedGen UID:
336388
Concept ID:
C1848651
Disease or Syndrome
The Al-Awadi/Raas-Rothschild/Schinzel phocomelia syndrome (AARRS) is a rare autosomal recessive disorder characterized by severe malformations of upper and lower limbs with severely hypoplastic pelvis and abnormal genitalia. The disorder is believed to represent a defect of dorsoventral patterning and outgrowth of limbs (summary by Kantaputra et al., 2010).
Cohen-Gibson syndrome
MedGen UID:
1386939
Concept ID:
C4479654
Disease or Syndrome
EED-related overgrowth is characterized by fetal or early childhood overgrowth (tall stature, macrocephaly, large hands and feet, and advanced bone age) and intellectual disability that ranges from mild to severe. To date, EED-related overgrowth has been reported in eight individuals.
Diets-Jongmans syndrome
MedGen UID:
1714920
Concept ID:
C5394263
Disease or Syndrome
Diets-Jongmans syndrome (DIJOS) is an autosomal dominant disorder characterized by mild to moderately impaired intellectual development with a recognizable facial gestalt (summary by Diets et al., 2019).
Faundes-Banka syndrome
MedGen UID:
1782083
Concept ID:
C5543554
Disease or Syndrome
Faundes-Banka syndrome (FABAS) is an autosomal dominant disorder characterized by variable combinations of developmental delay and microcephaly, as well as micrognathia and other dysmorphic features (Faundes et al., 2021).
Congenital disorder of glycosylation, type Iw, autosomal dominant
MedGen UID:
1794278
Concept ID:
C5562068
Disease or Syndrome
Autosomal dominant congenital disorder of glycosylation type Iw (CDG1WAD) is characterized by variable skeletal anomalies, short stature, macrocephaly, and dysmorphic features; about half of patients have impaired intellectual development. Additional features include increased muscle tone and muscle cramps (Wilson et al., 2021).

Professional guidelines

PubMed

Bible KC, Kebebew E, Brierley J, Brito JP, Cabanillas ME, Clark TJ Jr, Di Cristofano A, Foote R, Giordano T, Kasperbauer J, Newbold K, Nikiforov YE, Randolph G, Rosenthal MS, Sawka AM, Shah M, Shaha A, Smallridge R, Wong-Clark CK
Thyroid 2021 Mar;31(3):337-386. doi: 10.1089/thy.2020.0944. PMID: 33728999Free PMC Article
Haugen BR, Alexander EK, Bible KC, Doherty GM, Mandel SJ, Nikiforov YE, Pacini F, Randolph GW, Sawka AM, Schlumberger M, Schuff KG, Sherman SI, Sosa JA, Steward DL, Tuttle RM, Wartofsky L
Thyroid 2016 Jan;26(1):1-133. doi: 10.1089/thy.2015.0020. PMID: 26462967Free PMC Article
Rosenfeld RM, Schwartz SR, Cannon CR, Roland PS, Simon GR, Kumar KA, Huang WW, Haskell HW, Robertson PJ
Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg 2014 Feb;150(1 Suppl):S1-S24. doi: 10.1177/0194599813517083. PMID: 24491310

Recent clinical studies

Etiology

Yuan PW, Liu DY, Chu XD, Hao YQ, Zhu C, Qu Q
J Tradit Chin Med 2010 Dec;30(4):254-8. doi: 10.1016/s0254-6272(10)60052-0. PMID: 21287781

Diagnosis

Zheng Q, Qi L, Hu Y
J Tongji Med Univ 1997;17(3):182-6. doi: 10.1007/BF02888298. PMID: 9812774

Therapy

Yuan PW, Liu DY, Chu XD, Hao YQ, Zhu C, Qu Q
J Tradit Chin Med 2010 Dec;30(4):254-8. doi: 10.1016/s0254-6272(10)60052-0. PMID: 21287781

Prognosis

Zheng Q, Qi L, Hu Y
J Tongji Med Univ 1997;17(3):182-6. doi: 10.1007/BF02888298. PMID: 9812774

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