Rare diseases · Sign or symptom
Atrophic scars
Sunken or indented skin due to damage
HP:0001075
What it means
Scars that form a depression compared to the level of the surrounding skin because of damage to the collagen, fat or other tissues below the skin.
Rare diseases that can present with this31
Very common80–99%
6Common30–79%
18- Autosomal dominant generalized epidermolysis bullosa simplex, severe form
- B3GALT6-related spondylodysplastic Ehlers-Danlos syndrome
- B4GALT7-related spondylodysplastic Ehlers-Danlos syndrome
- Cardiac-valvular Ehlers-Danlos syndrome
- Dermatosparaxis Ehlers-Danlos syndrome
- Discoid lupus erythematosus
- Hypermobile Ehlers-Danlos syndrome
- Junctional epidermolysis bullosa inversa
- Kyphoscoliotic Ehlers-Danlos syndrome due to FKBP22 deficiency
- Kyphoscoliotic Ehlers-Danlos syndrome due to lysyl hydroxylase 1 deficiency
- Livedoid vasculopathy
- Localized dystrophic epidermolysis bullosa, pretibial form
- Myopathic Ehlers-Danlos syndrome
- Necrobiosis lipoidica
- Periodontal Ehlers-Danlos syndrome
- Pyoderma gangrenosum
- Recessive dystrophic epidermolysis bullosa inversa
- Self-improving dystrophic epidermolysis bullosa
Sometimes5–29%
6The range is how often this sign appears among people diagnosed with each disease — it is not a probability of having any of them. Many of these signs also occur in common, non-rare conditions, and Orphanet separately records 1 disease where this sign is specifically absent. A sign on this page is a conversation to have with a clinician, not a conclusion.
Part of the broader category
Also called: Thin, atrophic scars
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