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#redirect [[Non-malignant_skin_disease#Chondrodermatitis_nodularis_chronica_helicis]]
'''Chondrodermatitis nodularis chronica helicis''', abbreviated '''CNCH''', is an uncommon painful condition that afflicts the ear.
 
It is also known as '''chondrodermatitis nodularis helicis''' and '''Winkler disease'''.<ref>URL: [http://www.head-face-med.com/content/4/1/2 http://www.head-face-med.com/content/4/1/2]. Accessed on: 16 January 2014.</ref>
==General==
*Tender/painful - '''key clinical feature'''.
*Typically right [[ear]] - people more often sleep on this one.<ref name=pmid17879469>{{Cite journal  | last1 = Devani | first1 = A. | last2 = Barankin | first2 = B. | title = Dermacase. Chondrodermatitis nodularis  chronica helicis. | journal = Can Fam Physician | volume = 53 | issue = 5 | pages = 821, 837 | month = May | year = 2007 | doi =  | PMID = 17879469 }}</ref>
*Usually >40 years old.
 
Etiology:
*Trauma/mechanical.
 
==Gross==
*[[Papule]] on ear.
*+/-Erythematous.
*+/-Crust.
 
Clinical DDx:<ref name=pmid17879469/>
*[[BCC]].
*[[SCC]].
 
===Images===
<gallery>
Image:Chondrodermatitis.jpg | CNCH (WC)
</gallery>
www:
*[http://www.dermnetnz.org/lesions/chondrodermatitis.html CNCH (dermnetnz.org)].
 
==Microscopic==
Features:<ref name=pmid17879469/>
*Dermal inflammation.
*Epithelial hyperlasia.
*Fibrosis.
*Cartilaginous pathology:
**Perichondrial inflammation  - '''key feature'''.
**Perichondrial disruption.
**+/-Necrosis.
**+/-Hemorrhage.
 
===Images===
*[http://www.dermpedia.org/case/chondrodermatitis-nodularis-chronica-helicis CNCH (dermpedia.org)].
*[http://www.surgicalpathologyatlas.com/glfusion/mediagallery/media.php?s=20080802171837514 CNCH (surgicalpathologyatlas.com)].
*[http://dermatlas.med.jhmi.edu/derm/indexDisplay.cfm?ImageID=2140701395 CNCH (dermatlas.med.jhmi.edu)].
 
==Sign out==
===Superficial biopsy===
<pre>
SKIN LESION, LEFT ANTIHELIX OF EAR, BIOPSY:
- SUPERFICIAL SKIN WITH ACANTHOSIS, HYPERKERATOSIS, MODERATE SOLAR ELASTOSIS,
  HYPERGRANULOSIS AND A MILD LYMPHOCYTIC PERIVASCULAR INFILTRATE.
- NO CARTILAGE IS IDENTIFIED.
- NEGATIVE FOR DYSPLASIA AND MALIGNANCY.
 
COMMENT:
The findings are non-specific. Chondrodermatitis cannot be excluded.
</pre>
 
==See also==
*[[Non-malignant skin disease]].
*[[Dermatopathology]]
 
==References==
{{Reflist|2}}


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