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Differential Diagnosis & Pitfalls

• Cauliflower ear – Permanent deformity; the result of untreated pseudocyst of auricle or subperichondrial hematoma.
• Relapsing polychondritis – Ear will be uniformly pink or red, and the lobe, which contains no cartilage, will be spared.
• Chondrodermatitis nodularis helicis – Tender, small, erythematous nodule or nodules, sometimes with scale or crusting at the center of the lesion.
• Keloid(s) on the ear, particularly on the earlobe, in individuals who have had their ears pierced.
• Subperichondrial hematoma secondary to trauma.
• Cellulitis

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