耳廓感染是常见病症 ,许多临床医生在对以耳廓红肿、疼痛为主要临床表现的耳廓感染进行诊断时 ,多采用“耳廓软骨膜炎”一词。事实上耳廓感染并不一定就只是耳廓软骨膜的炎症 ,也可能仅是耳廓皮下软组织的炎症 ,正如全身皮下软组织的炎症一样。国际疾病分类编码中也将耳廓软骨 Ear infections are a common condition and many clinicians use the term “auricular perichondritis” when diagnosing pinnae infections with a predominantly inflamed auricle and pain as the main clinical manifestation. In fact the auricle infection is not necessarily the inflammation of the auricle peritoneum, it may also be the inflammation of the subcutaneous soft tissue of the pinna, just as the inflammation of the subcutaneous soft tissue of the whole body. The International Classification of Diseases also encodes auricle cartilage