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Dimple on nasal tip

MedGen UID:
354962
•Concept ID:
C1863349
•
Finding
Synonym: Dimpled nasal tip
 
HPO: HP:0004132

Definition

An abnormal indentation of the skin in the region of the nasal tip. [from HPO]

Term Hierarchy

CClinical test,  RResearch test,  OOMIM,  GGeneReviews,  VClinVar  
  • CROGVDimple on nasal tip

Professional guidelines

PubMed

International Consensus Recommendations on the Aesthetic Usage of Ready-to-Use AbobotulinumtoxinA (Alluzience).
Ascher B, Rzany BJ, Kestemont P, Redaelli A, Hendrickx B, Iozzo I, Martschin C, Milotich A, Molina B, Cartier H, Picaut P, Prygova I
Aesthet Surg J 2024 Jan 16;44(2):192-202. doi: 10.1093/asj/sjad222. PMID: 37490767Free PMC Article
International consensus recommendations on the aesthetic usage of botulinum toxin type A (Speywood Unit)--Part II: Wrinkles on the middle and lower face, neck and chest.
Ascher B, Talarico S, Cassuto D, Escobar S, Hexsel D, Jaén P, Monheit GD, Rzany B, Viel M
J Eur Acad Dermatol Venereol 2010 Nov;24(11):1285-95. doi: 10.1111/j.1468-3083.2010.03728.x. PMID: 20569284

Recent clinical studies

Etiology

Real-time ultrasound-guided infraorbital nerve block to treat trigeminal neuralgia using a high concentration of tetracaine dissolved in bupivacaine.
Takechi K, Konishi A, Kikuchi K, Fujioka S, Fujii T, Yorozuya T, Kuzume K, Nagaro T
Scand J Pain 2015 Jan 1;6(1):51-54. doi: 10.1016/j.sjpain.2014.10.003. PMID: 29911581
Surgical Techniques for the Correction of Postrhinoplasty Depressed Scars on the Nasal Tip.
Jung DH, Medikeri GS, Chang GU, Hyun SM
JAMA Facial Plast Surg 2015 Nov-Dec;17(6):405-12. doi: 10.1001/jamafacial.2015.0911. PMID: 26379006
Correction of pollybeak and dimpling deformities of the nasal tip in the contracted, short nose by the use of a supratip transposition flap.
Jung DH, Lin RY, Jang HJ, Claravall HJ, Lam SM
Arch Facial Plast Surg 2009 Sep-Oct;11(5):311-9. doi: 10.1001/archfacial.2009.60. PMID: 19797093

Diagnosis

Partial monosomy 11q and trisomy 12q: variable expression in two siblings.
Lukusa T, Holvoet M, Vermeesch JR, Devriendt K, Fryns JP
Genet Couns 2003;14(2):155-64. PMID: 12872809
Nasofrontal dermoid sinus cyst: report of two cases.
Zerris VA, Annino D, Heilman CB
Neurosurgery 2002 Sep;51(3):811-4; discussion 814. PMID: 12188963
A new X-linked dysplasia gigantism syndrome: follow up in the first family and report on a second Austrian family.
Behmel A, Plöchl E, Rosenkranz W
Am J Med Genet 1988 May-Jun;30(1-2):275-85. doi: 10.1002/ajmg.1320300129. PMID: 3177454
A rare type of low birthweight dwarfism: the Dubowitz syndrome.
Majewski F, Michaelis R, Moosmann K, Bierich JR
Z Kinderheilkd 1975 Nov 13;120(4):283-92. doi: 10.1007/BF00440267. PMID: 242126

Therapy

Usefulness of the knot-tightener device following dural suturing in endonasal transsphenoidal surgery: technical report.
Amano K, Okada Y, Kawamata T
Neurosurg Rev 2019 Jun;42(2):593-598. Epub 2019 Mar 1 doi: 10.1007/s10143-019-01090-8. PMID: 30825013
Real-time ultrasound-guided infraorbital nerve block to treat trigeminal neuralgia using a high concentration of tetracaine dissolved in bupivacaine.
Takechi K, Konishi A, Kikuchi K, Fujioka S, Fujii T, Yorozuya T, Kuzume K, Nagaro T
Scand J Pain 2015 Jan 1;6(1):51-54. doi: 10.1016/j.sjpain.2014.10.003. PMID: 29911581
International consensus recommendations on the aesthetic usage of botulinum toxin type A (Speywood Unit)--Part II: Wrinkles on the middle and lower face, neck and chest.
Ascher B, Talarico S, Cassuto D, Escobar S, Hexsel D, Jaén P, Monheit GD, Rzany B, Viel M
J Eur Acad Dermatol Venereol 2010 Nov;24(11):1285-95. doi: 10.1111/j.1468-3083.2010.03728.x. PMID: 20569284

Prognosis

Surgical Techniques for the Correction of Postrhinoplasty Depressed Scars on the Nasal Tip.
Jung DH, Medikeri GS, Chang GU, Hyun SM
JAMA Facial Plast Surg 2015 Nov-Dec;17(6):405-12. doi: 10.1001/jamafacial.2015.0911. PMID: 26379006

Clinical prediction guides

Usefulness of the knot-tightener device following dural suturing in endonasal transsphenoidal surgery: technical report.
Amano K, Okada Y, Kawamata T
Neurosurg Rev 2019 Jun;42(2):593-598. Epub 2019 Mar 1 doi: 10.1007/s10143-019-01090-8. PMID: 30825013
Recognition of children on age-different images: Facial morphology and age-stable features.
Caplova Z, Compassi V, Giancola S, Gibelli DM, Obertová Z, Poppa P, Sala R, Sforza C, Cattaneo C
Sci Justice 2017 Jul;57(4):250-256. Epub 2017 Mar 31 doi: 10.1016/j.scijus.2017.03.005. PMID: 28606330
Real-time ultrasound-guided infraorbital nerve block to treat trigeminal neuralgia using a high concentration of tetracaine dissolved in bupivacaine.
Takechi K, Konishi A, Kikuchi K, Fujioka S, Fujii T, Yorozuya T, Kuzume K, Nagaro T
Scand J Pain 2015 Jan 1;6(1):51-54. doi: 10.1016/j.sjpain.2014.10.003. PMID: 29911581
Surgical Techniques for the Correction of Postrhinoplasty Depressed Scars on the Nasal Tip.
Jung DH, Medikeri GS, Chang GU, Hyun SM
JAMA Facial Plast Surg 2015 Nov-Dec;17(6):405-12. doi: 10.1001/jamafacial.2015.0911. PMID: 26379006

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