perichondritis of auricle
MONDO:0002246Mondo
Findings
No curated finding names perichondritis of auricle yet. Everything below is reference data from Mondo, HPO and GenCC, not evidence about what affects it.
Definition
An otitis externa involving infection of the tissue surrounding the cartilage of the earlobe (pinna), ear canal, or both. It may be caused by injury, burns, insect bites, ear piercing, or a boil on the ear. The common bacterial causative agent is Pseudomonas aeruginosa. Symptoms include redness, pain, fever, swelling of the earlobe and pus accumulation between the cartilage and the layer of connective tissue around it.
Definition from the Mondo Disease Ontology (MONDO:0002246), read 2026-09-29. CC BY 4.0.
Where it sits
- A kind of
- Narrower terms (2)
Other names
2 names
Resolves to: perichondritis of auricle
- Also called
- perichondritis and chondritis of pinnaperichondritis of pinna, unspecified