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cauliflower ear

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cauliflower ear

permanent swelling and distortion of the external ear as the result of ruptures of the blood vessels: usually caused by blows received in boxing
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The Cauliflower Ear Compression Splint can even be used for post-training pain.
Cartilage necrosis and fibroneocartilage formation in the area results in deformity of the pinna and may result in the loss of cartilaginous support for the shape of the pinna resulting in a "cauliflower ear" or "wrestler's ear" deformity.
CONCLUSION: Incision drainage followed by non-absorbable 3-0 prolene intermittent mattress suturing appears to be simple, well tolerated, safe and cost effective, less time consuming, patient compliant with 100% success rate and excellent method in treatment and preventing reaccumulation of auricular haematoma to avoid ear deformity (Cauliflower ear).
Commence the cauliflower ear count from that point forward.
The ear appears pale and crumpled, hence the name cauliflower ear. At that stage, cauliflower ear is permanent and plastic surgery is the only way to reconstruct the outer ear.
He said: "I know a lot of the other guys look on their cauliflower ear as a badge of honour so I think the shape is pretty fitting.
A CAULIFLOWER ear is caused by repeated injury to the cartilage of the ear.
Young, gifted and waxed he may be, but you can rest assured there are more than a few man-mountain forwards out there who think a cauliflower ear would suit him - and more than willing to offer him one.
No one with half a cauliflower ear would have used the belligerent Herbie Hide as ringside summariser knowing the bad blood that flows between the fading pug and the upstart Audley Harrison.
Jurors at the Old Bailey heard that Abdulaziz - who had a cauliflower ear and swollen eye from previous attacks - was so worn down he simply let Saud kill him without a fight.
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