Talk:Accessory auricle

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This article was initially categorized based on scheme outlined at WP:DERM:CAT. kilbad (talk) 20:32, 12 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Definition

The current definition states that the condition is a congenital abnormality. However, there are very many such abnormalities – what actually is this one? What does it look like? Is it fatal? Is it operable? Does it give the person ultrasonic hearing...? Richard New Forest (talk) 22:13, 12 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Overly technical

I've just tagged this article as being too technical. Specific points that I think need addressing for this to be useful to a layperson:

"the persistence of a structure which variably recapitulates the normal external ear": it is unclear what this means, particularly the phrase "variably recapitulates".
The Classification section launches into technical terminology with no explanation of what the terms mean.
"anterior to the auricle" and "within the periauricular tissues" is unnecessary technical wording.
The terms "sessile" and "pedunculated" are not explained, nor is "histologic examination" nor "recapitulation of normal external auricle".
The meaning of the term "hillock" is not clear in context.
The sentence "The second ear appears as a mirror image folded forward and lying on the posterior cheek" makes no sense in context, at least without more technical knowledge.
The Management section is needlessly technical.

I consider myself reasonably medically literate, but I couldn't understand much of this article, even after going away and hunting definitions for some of the technical terms.

—me_and 13:07, 8 August 2016 (UTC)[reply]