Congenital cartilaginous rest of the neck is a minor and very rare
congenital cutaneous
Skin is the layer of usually soft, flexible outer tissue covering the body of a vertebrate animal, with three main functions: protection, regulation, and sensation.
Other animal coverings, such as the arthropod exoskeleton, have different d ...
condition characterized by
branchial arch
Branchial arches, or gill arches, are a series of bony "loops" present in fish, which support the gills. As gills are the primitive condition of vertebrates, all vertebrate embryos develop pharyngeal arches, though the eventual fate of these arc ...
remnants that are considered to be the cervical variant of
accessory tragus
An accessory auricle is considered a developmental anomaly resulting from the persistence of a structure which variably recapitulates the normal external ear.
Signs and symptoms
The general presentation is of a skin-covered nodule, papule, or no ...
.
It resembles a rudimentary
pinna that in most cases is located in the lower anterior part of the neck.
See also
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Congenital smooth muscle hamartoma Congenital smooth muscle hamartoma is typically a skin colored or lightly pigmented patch or plaque with hypertrichosis.James, William; Berger, Timothy; Elston, Dirk (2005). ''Andrews' Diseases of the Skin: Clinical Dermatology''. (10th ed.). Saunde ...
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List of cutaneous conditions
References
{{Congenital malformations and deformations of ears
Cutaneous congenital anomalies