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Intrauterine big toenail imprints: A new cause of congenital skin dimples
Author(s) -
Restano Lucia,
Zussino Martina,
Cambiaghi Stefano,
Gelmetti Carlo
Publication year - 2019
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/pde.14022
Subject(s) - medicine , dimple , fetus , skin to skin , dermatology , pediatrics , pregnancy , genetics , materials science , metallurgy , biology , breastfeeding
Congenital skin dimples (SD) are small cutaneous depressions that can be noted on any part of the body and may be caused by traumatic, mechanical, metabolic, and genetic factors as well as by exposure to infections or drugs. We describe 3 cases of unrelated healthy newborns displaying SD and discuss as a possible explanation the persistent friction of the big toenail onto the immature skin of the fetus during intrauterine life causing as depression in the skin.