Skin Depressions or Holes
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Content updated on Jan 4, 2023
About the symptom
Skin depressions present with a concave shape that can look like holes or indentations in the skin.
When to see a doctor
Seek professional care if you experience any of the following symptoms
Recent weight loss
Erythema
Possible causes
- Breast cancer
Cancer of the breast. Risk factors include estrogen, genetics, alcohol and obesity. Protective factors include having been pregnant, especially at a younger age.
- Traumatic fat necrosis
Damage to the fat-containing cells under the skin. The most common cause is blunt injury to the area, usually of the breast.
- Lupus erythematosus (deep)
Systemic lupus erythematosus is an autoimmune condition, a condition where your body's own immune cells mistakenly attacks its own tissues, resulting in widespread inflammation and damage in the affected organs. It can affect the skin, joints, brain, lungs, kidneys and blood vessels. The exact cause is unknown, but could be environmental, genetic and hormonal factors.
Questions your doctor may ask about this symptom
Your doctor may ask these questions to check for this symptom
Do you have areas of skin that are sunken in/depressed?
Do you have a fever?
Do you have itchy skin?
Do you have skin redness?
Do you have any swelling in any part of your body?
Other Related Symptoms
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Reviewed By:
Yoshinori Abe, MD (Internal medicine)
Dr. Abe graduated from The University of Tokyo School of Medicine in 2015. He completed his residency at the Tokyo Metropolitan Health and Longevity Medical Center. He co-founded Ubie, Inc. in May 2017, where he currently serves as CEO & product owner at Ubie. Since December 2019, he has been a member of the Special Committee for Activation of Research in Emergency AI of the Japanese Association for Acute Medicine. | | Dr. Abe has been elected in the 2020 Forbes 30 Under 30 Asia Healthcare & Science category.
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