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Vol. 58. Issue 4.
Pages 167-168 (January 2007)
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Vol. 58. Issue 4.
Pages 167-168 (January 2007)
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Calcification of Auricular Cartilages in Adrenal Insufficiency
Calcificación de cartílagos auriculares en la insuficiencia suprarrenal
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Miquel Àngel Agut Fuster
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miquelagut@hotmail.com

Correspondence: Mestre Serrano, 8, 2.°. 46717 La Font d’en Carròs. Valencia. España.
, María José Agulles Fornés, Àngel Ferrer Rodríguez, María José Ramos Martínez, Juan del Campo Biosca, José Manuel Viel Martínez
Servicio de Otorrinolaringología, Hospital Francesc de Borja, Gandia, Valencia, Spain
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Calcification of the auricular cartilages is a very rare finding observed in metabolic disorders like Addison's disease, adrenal insufficiency or diabetes. Its aetiology and physiopathological mechanisms remain unclear. It may be caused by exposure to cold or trauma in the cartilage but in a significant number of cases, ossification occurs without the identification of the precipitating cause or event.

We present the clinical and pathologic findings of a patient suffering from Addison's disease who developed auricular bilateral calcification. The literature is reviewed and the physiopathological hypotheses discussed.

Key words:
Calcification of auricular cartilages
Addison's disease
Adrenal insufficiency

El hallazgo de pabellones auriculares duros y rígidos a la palpación es un hecho muy infrecuente y poco conocido. Se debe a la calcificación de los cartílagos auriculares que aparece en enfermedades metabólicas como la insuficiencia suprarrenal o la diabetes. Su etiología y su mecanismo fisiopatológico no están del todo aclarados. También se lo ha relacionado con la exposición al frío o traumatismos del cartílago auricular, pero en un significativo número de casos se produce sin conocimiento de su origen o causa precipitante. Presentamos el caso de un paciente con insuficiencia suprarrenal primaria (enfermedad de Addison) en el que se desarrolló una calcificación auricular bilateral, revisamos la literatura y discutimos las hipótesis fisiopatológicas.

Palabras clave:
Calcificación de cartílagos auriculares
Enfermedad de Addison
Insuficiencia suprarrenal

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