Conductive hearing loss and multiple pre- and supra-auricular skin defects: a variant example of the Branchio-Oculo-Facial syndrome

Abstract

Conductive hearing loss and multiple pre- and supra-auricular skin defects: a variant example of the Branchio-Oculo-Facial Syndrome: We describe a 3-year-old girl with bilateral severe conductive hearing loss and multiple bilateral supra- and preauricular defects with unusual overlying thin skin. The severe conductive hearing loss is due to abnormal configuration of the ossicular chain. Multiple pre- and supra-auricular skin defects have been described in the Branchio-Oculo-Facial syndrome, and we propose that the findings in our present patient may be a variant manifestation of this syndrome.