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The dimple sign or Fitzpatrick's sign is a dermatological sign in which lateral pressure on the skin produces a depression. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] It is associated with dermatofibroma . [ 3 ]
A dermatofibroma is associated with the dimple sign; by applying lateral pressure, there is a central depression of the dermatofibroma. Although typical dermatofibromas cause little or no discomfort, itching and tenderness can occur.
Dermatofibroma Pleomorphic fibroma of the skin Epithelioid cell histiocytoma: von Kossa: Calcium: Calcinosis cutis Pseudoxanthoma elasticum: Wade: Leprosy: Wright: Blood cells: Transient neonatal pustular melanosis [nb 3] Erythema toxicum neonatorum [nb 4] > Granuloma inguinale: Ziehl–Neelsen stain: Leprosy [nb 1]
The hard fibroma (fibroma durum) consists of many fibres and few cells, e.g. in skin it is called dermatofibroma (fibroma simplex or nodulus cutaneous). [2] A special form is the keloid, which derives from hyperplastic growth of scars.
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As facial dimple surgeries continue to rise, so do dimple surgeries on the lower back. A sign of a "healthy" body, "Venus dimples" sit right at the base of the spine. And just like facial dimples ...
Skin dimples (also known as "Skin fossa" [1]) are deep cutaneous depressions that are seen most commonly on the cheeks or chin, occurring in a familial pattern suggestive of autosomal dominant inheritance.
Dermatofibroma (benign fibrous histiocytoma, dermal dendrocytoma, fibrous dermatofibroma, fibrous histiocytoma, fibroma simplex, histiocytoma, nodular subepidermal fibrosis, sclerosing hemangioma) Dermatofibrosarcoma protuberans; Desmoid tumor; Diffuse cutaneous mastocytosis; Diffuse infantile fibromatosis