Calcification of the Auricular Cartilage in a Patient with Hypopituitarism

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CALCIFICATION of the auricular cartilage has been reported infrequently, generally in association with conditions that produce local injury to tissue such as frostbite,1 2 3 4 5 6 7 trauma1 , 2 and inflammation.1 , 2 , 5 , 8 Metabolic disorders implicated in other reported cases include ochronosis,9 , 10 hypercalcemia,11 acromegaly4 , 12 and adrenal insufficiency.13 This report describes the only known case in which the calcifications occurred in association with prolonged untreated hypopituitarism.Case ReportA 49-year-old warehouse worker was in good health until pneumonia of the right upper lobe developed 16 years before this study. This responded well to sulfapyridine, but since that time, he had noticed increasing lethargy, fatigue, intolerance to cold, decreased . . .

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