Acute atraumatic pinna (auricular) perichondritis

Alan Lucerna¹(), James Espinosa²

¹Program Director, Combined Emergency Medicine/Internal Medicine, Rowan University SOM/Kennedy University Hospital, Stratford, NJ, USA
²Department of Emergency Medicine, Rowan University SOM/Kennedy University Hospital, Stratford, NJ, USA

Received:2017-02-08 Accepted:2017-08-26 Online:2018-06-15 Published:2018-06-15
Contact: Alan Lucerna E-mail:lucernaa@gmail.com

Alan Lucerna, James Espinosa. Acute atraumatic pinna (auricular) perichondritis[J]. World Journal of Emergency Medicine, 2018, 9(2): 152-153.

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