Mr. Li, who lives in Haizhu District, has suffered from a “strange disease” in the past six months, often suddenly feeling breathless when eating, hands and feet numb, eyes can not turn. This reporter learned from the hospital yesterday, after examination, this “strange disease” turned out to be the “stem protrusion” caused by too long. Because of this disease, 38-year-old Mr. Lee had to a hospital examination, was diagnosed as pharyngitis. This makes him puzzled: does pharyngitis affect breathing and eye movement? Recently, he felt a vague pain in his neck again and came to Sun Yat-sen Memorial Hospital of Sun Yat-sen University for help. The CT results showed that Mr. Li’s earlobe was 9.8 cm long, nearly three times longer than normal! It turned out that the “culprit” that had been causing him to have difficulty breathing, immobile eyes, and numbness in his hands and feet for the past six months was the abnormal “stoma” at work. After the doctor’s surgery, his abnormal “protrusion” has been successfully removed. The doctor, Chen Weiliang, director of the Department of Stomatology, explained that the “stem” is a normal structure on the human temporal bone, located behind the earlobe, which is generally inaccessible due to the deeper distance from the skin. “The average length is about 2.5 centimeters, but some people are born with a long stem.” He said that because the abnormalities of the “stem” can cause a variety of symptoms when eating, speaking, turning the head or at night, it is often easily misdiagnosed as pharyngitis, migraine, etc. Prof. Chen reminded that anyone over 20 years old with sore throat, foreign body sensation, neck pain, earache or headache should be promptly investigated for abnormalities in the “stoma”.