Normalizing risky sexual behaviors: a grounded theory study.

Purpose: To generate a substantive theory that explained the sexual decision-making of high-risk adolescent females.

Method: Grounded theory methods were used to concurrently collect and analyze data from interviews with 19 incarcerated adolescent females. Coding, memoing and constant comparison were used to identify the core variable and generate the theory.

New syndrome? Prominent, constricted ears with malformed condyle of the mandible.

We report on several relatives in 5 generations of one family with prominence of the ears, with a marked constriction at the junction between the lower and middle thirds of the pinna. Computerized tomography and radiographs in the propositus and his affected father showed abnormalities of the condyle of the mandible. The propositus had more severe changes in the condyle with microstomia and reduced range of motion of the mandible in the temporomandibular joint.