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History and General Examination 21

Fig. 9: Xanthelasmas
32. What is an earlobe crease and what is its significance?
Some people have an oblique or diagonal crease in the
earlobe. It has been observed that about 90% of patients
over the age of 50, with significant triple vessel coronary
artery disease, have a deep oblique earlobe crease
(Fig. 10).

Fig. 10: Earlobe crease