Doctor spots detail on David Beckham – gives major health warning

December 24, 2025 by salah

The observation made by Šerpytis is based on a study conducted in 1973. The earlobe anomaly is known as a diagonal earlobe crease (DELC). The study he relies on by Dr Sanders T. Frank observed 20 patients in 1973.

A 2021 Oxford study described DELC as a “dermatological marker for coronary artery disease” and also called it a “useful clinical sign” for the latter condition.

In the 2021 paper, the condition was described as a crease that “extends backwards from the tragus (the pointed piece of cartilage located at the front of the ear canal) at an angle of 45 degree across the lobule to the ear edge of the auricle (the entire visible ear).”

But “it does not provide a conclusive relationship,” the paper went on to say.

While some may pay heed to it, others like the Chief Cardiologist-Emeritus at Hartford Hospital in Connecticut, Dr Paul D. Thompson, do not pay it any attention at all.Continue reading…