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Bilateral Skin Dimples on the Shoulders
Author(s) -
Spencer James M.,
Schneiderman Paul I.,
Grossman Marc E.
Publication year - 1993
Publication title -
pediatric dermatology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.542
H-Index - 73
eISSN - 1525-1470
pISSN - 0736-8046
DOI - 10.1111/j.1525-1470.1993.tb00004.x
Subject(s) - dimple , medicine , etiology , acromion , shoulders , dermatology , anatomy , surgery , pathology , biology , genetics , rotator cuff
Cutaneous depressions, commonly known as dimples, are uncommon In locations other than the face. An Infant had deep dimple like depressions near the acromion bilaterally. This most likely represents benign autosomal acromial dimples, a rarely reported autosomal dominant condition. Other causes of dimples include a variety of congenital malformation syndromes, and Infectious, metaboiic, and traumatic etiologies. Awareness of the etiology and significance of skin dimples is helpful to the clinician when confronted with this unusual finding.