Affiliations: Department of Pediatrics, University College of
Medical Sciences, Delhi University, Delhi, India | Department of Oto-Rhino-Laryngology, Era's Lucknow
Medical College, Lucknow, India
Note: [] Correspondence: Dr. Mohammad Moonis Akbar Faridi, Department of
Pediatrics, University College of Medical Sciences, E-11, GTB Hospital Campus,
Delhi-110095. Tel.: +91 98683 99740; Fax: +91 11 22590495; E-mail:
mmafaridi@yahoo.co.in, drmmafaridi@gmail.com
Abstract: A 3 year old boy presented with fever, pain and discharge from the
right ear. On examination, swelling and redness were present behind the right
ear and pus like discharge was found oozing from a tiny opening present in the
right ear on the anterior margin of the helix. A diagnosis of congenital
pre-auricular sinus with superimposed bacterial infection was made. Patient was
treated successfully with a course of antibiotics. A similar uninfected
pre-auricular sinus was present on the helix of the opposite ear. Both mother
and younger sibling also had uninfected congenital bilateral pre-auricular sinuses.
