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The prevalence of renal anomalies in such infants was compared with that detected on routine fetal scanning during the same period.<\/jats:p>\n               <jats:p>\n                  <jats:bold>Results:<\/jats:bold> Ninety six of 13 136 liveborn infants (7.3\/1000, 95% confidence interval (CI) 5.9 to 8.9) were noted to have isolated minor ear anomalies on routine neonatal examination, with preauricular skin tags being the most common (85%). Ninety one (95%) infants underwent renal sonography at a mean (SD) age of 40 (19.6) days. Only one infant (1.1%, 95% CI 0.03 to 5.9) had transient unilateral pyelectasia. During the same period, non-syndromic renal anomalies were found in 0.64% (95% CI 0.52 to 0.73) of infants, a prevalence no different from that of infants with minor ear anomalies (p \u200a=\u200a 0.44).<\/jats:p>\n               <jats:p>\n                  <jats:bold>Conclusions:<\/jats:bold> Routine renal imaging is not warranted in infants with such minor external ear anomalies unless accompanied by other systemic malformations.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.1136\/adc.2005.083329","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2005,10,13]],"date-time":"2005-10-13T20:14:00Z","timestamp":1129234440000},"page":"F29-F30","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":28,"title":["Renal ultrasonography not required in babies with isolated minor ear anomalies: \n            Table 1"],"prefix":"10.1136","volume":"91","author":[{"given":"S A","family":"Deshpande","sequence":"first","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"H","family":"Watson","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"239","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2005,10,13]]},"reference":[{"key":"2025090512204213000_91.1.F29.1","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"297","DOI":"10.1111\/j.1651-2227.1970.tb09007.x","volume":"59","year":"1970","journal-title":"Acta Paediatr"},{"key":"2025090512204213000_91.1.F29.2","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1016\/0090-4295(92)90487-H"},{"key":"2025090512204213000_91.1.F29.3","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"785","DOI":"10.1136\/bmj.2.5048.785","volume":"2","year":"1957","journal-title":"BMJ"},{"key":"2025090512204213000_91.1.F29.4","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","unstructured":"Wang RY, Earl DL, Ruder RO, et al. 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