TY - JOUR T1 - Newborn with ear and skin anomalies at birth JF - Archives of disease in childhood - Education & practice edition JO - Arch Dis Child Educ Pract Ed SP - 68 LP - 70 DO - 10.1136/archdischild-2020-320808 VL - 108 IS - 1 AU - Steven Montgomery AU - Phillip Ross AU - Art O’Hagan AU - Keith Trimble AU - Shilpa Shah Y1 - 2023/02/01 UR - http://ep.bmj.com/content/108/1/68.abstract N2 - A term, appropriately grown, female infant born in good condition by vaginal delivery with normal antenatal course was noted to have an abnormality of the right external ear (figure 1) and two birthmarks (figures 2 and 3) that did not grow in size at follow-up aged 3 months.Figure 1 Showing right ear.Figure 2 Showing chest skin lesion.Figure 3 Showing forearm lesion.What is the likely cause of these birth defects?Chromosomal abnormalitySingle gene mutationPrenatal environmentMultifactorial influencesUnknownWhat are the vascular lesions?Superficial infantile haemangioma (IH)PHACE syndromeKasabach-Merritt phenomenonPort-wine stainNaevus simplexWith regard to the ear anomaly, what are the immediate next steps?Referral to clinicians with knowledge of microtiaBehaviour audiometry and ear-specific hearing informationBone-anchored hearing aidCT imaging for external auditory canal and corrective surgeryReferral … ER -