Clinical signs elicited in psoriasis
Scale, Spot, Trauma
These bedside signs separate psoriasis from other scaly plaques.
Does not cover nail pitting or joint disease.
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Scale, Spot, Trauma. It helps you recall: Clinical signs elicited in psoriasis.
Candle-grease sign: scraping gives silvery scales
Auspitz sign: pinpoint bleeding on removing scale
Koebner phenomenon: new lesions at injured sites
Scale: Candle-grease sign: scraping gives silvery scales; Spot: Auspitz sign: pinpoint bleeding on removing scale; Trauma: Koebner phenomenon: new lesions at injured sites.
It belongs to Papulosquamous disorders in Dermatology.
Does not cover nail pitting or joint disease.
These bedside signs separate psoriasis from other scaly plaques.
Say it aloud, write it from memory tomorrow, then again in a week. Then test yourself on a Dermatology question about Papulosquamous disorders.
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