dimple sign
The dimple sign or Fitzpatrick's sign is a dermatological sign in which lateral pressure on the skin produces a depression.{{cite journal |vauthors=Aradi AJ, Wong J, Walsh M |title=The dimple sign of a ruptured lateral ligament of the ankle: brief report |journal=J Bone Joint Surg Br |volume=70 |issue=2 |pages=327–8 |date=March 1988 |pmid=3126191 |doi=10.1302/0301-620X.70B2.3126191 |url=http://www.jbjs.boneandjoint.org.uk/content/70-B/2/327.long |access-date=2012-03-30 |archive-date=2019-12-10 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191210132012/https://online.boneandjoint.org.uk/action/cookieAbsent |url-status=dead }}{{cite journal |vauthors=Naversen DN, Trask DM, Watson FH, Burket JM |title=Painful tumors of the skin: "LEND AN EGG" |journal=J. Am. Acad. Dermatol. |volume=28 |issue=2 Pt 2 |pages=298–300 |date=February 1993 |pmid=8436643 |doi=10.1016/0190-9622(93)70039-V}} It is associated with dermatofibroma.{{cite journal |vauthors=Zaballos P, Llambrich A, Ara M, Olazarán Z, Malvehy J, Puig S |title=Dermoscopic findings of haemosiderotic and aneurysmal dermatofibroma: report of six patients |journal=Br. J. Dermatol. |volume=154 |issue=2 |pages=244–50 |date=February 2006 |pmid=16433792 |doi=10.1111/j.1365-2133.2005.06844.x |s2cid=22308659 }}
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Further reading
- {{cite journal |vauthors=Luba MC, Bangs SA, Mohler AM, Stulberg DL |title=Common benign skin tumors |journal=Am Fam Physician |volume=67 |issue=4 |pages=729–38 |date=February 2003 |pmid=12613727 |url=http://www.aafp.org/afp/2003/0215/p729.html}}
- {{cite journal |vauthors=Zelger B, Zelger BG, Burgdorf WH |title=Dermatofibroma-a critical evaluation |journal=Int. J. Surg. Pathol. |volume=12 |issue=4 |pages=333–44 |date=October 2004 |pmid=15494859 |doi=10.1177/106689690401200406|s2cid=20608491 }}
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