Bilateral skin dimples on the shoulders.
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, metabolic, and traumatic etiologies. Awareness of the etiology and significance of skin dimples is helpful to the clinician when confronted with this unusual finding.
Department of Dermatology, College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University, New York, New York 10032.
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JM
Spencer
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Schneiderman
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Grossman
D005260:Female; D005799:Genes, Dominant; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D012782:Shoulder; D012868:Skin Abnormalities