Muthusamy E
Department of Medicine, District Hospital, Seberang Perai, Penang, Malaysia.
Singapore Med J. 1991 Feb;32(1):90-1.
The case of an elderly Chinese male opium addict with cauliflower ears is discussed. He had no history of contact sports that could have led to auricular trauma resulting in deformed ears. Besides cauliflower ears, he had features of chronic bronchitis. The association between opium addiction and cauliflower ears was first described way back in 1932. It was attributed to the prolonged opium induced sleep on hard surface subjecting the ears to repeated pressure and trauma. With the changing pattern of drug abuse, opium abuse related cauliflower ears will become a vanishing sign.
本文讨论了一名患有菜花耳的中国老年男性鸦片成瘾者的病例。他没有从事过可能导致耳部创伤进而形成畸形耳的接触性运动史。除了菜花耳，他还有慢性支气管炎的症状。鸦片成瘾与菜花耳之间的关联早在1932年就首次被描述。这被归因于长期在坚硬表面上因吸食鸦片而睡眠，导致耳朵反复受到压力和创伤。随着药物滥用模式的改变，与鸦片滥用相关的菜花耳将成为一种逐渐消失的体征。
