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What Can Cause An Indentation In Muscle Without Having Had An Injury?

There is a dent in the muscle on my left shin. It is to the right side of my leg. It was not there before and I suddenly noticed that there was an indentation in the muscle. It feels like there's almost no tissue between the skin and the bone. Can you tell me what could have caused it? There is no pain. I have had no injury on that leg. I believe this has appeared suddenly.
Sat, 7 Dec 2013
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Hi!
Welcome to HCM!
you can press your finger with little tissue resistance between the edge of shin bone and the anterior tibialis muscle that lies beside the bone. The tissue resistance may vary between the right and left legs and vary along the length of the bone or the same leg, making it easier to press your finger in deeper on left leg. It is also possible your anatomy is slightly different from side to side and you just never noticed it before or perhaps when first observed, a shadow gave the illusion of an indentation on one side, but not the other . However, it does not sound like anything you need to worry about as it is causing no symptoms and if it represented atrophy or shriveling up of the tissue to form a indentation, it would not have happened in just hours after you last look at your leg and it was normal. The other possibility that I could imagine, is if you had been resting your leg against an object of the same shape for a while, making an impression that will readily go away.
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What Can Cause An Indentation In Muscle Without Having Had An Injury?

Hi! Welcome to HCM! you can press your finger with little tissue resistance between the edge of shin bone and the anterior tibialis muscle that lies beside the bone. The tissue resistance may vary between the right and left legs and vary along the length of the bone or the same leg, making it easier to press your finger in deeper on left leg. It is also possible your anatomy is slightly different from side to side and you just never noticed it before or perhaps when first observed, a shadow gave the illusion of an indentation on one side, but not the other . However, it does not sound like anything you need to worry about as it is causing no symptoms and if it represented atrophy or shriveling up of the tissue to form a indentation, it would not have happened in just hours after you last look at your leg and it was normal. The other possibility that I could imagine, is if you had been resting your leg against an object of the same shape for a while, making an impression that will readily go away. hope this helps you!