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Auspitz's sign

Etymology:

Named after Heinrich Auspitz. Importantly, as with many eponymous clinical signs, Heinrich Auspitz was not the first to discover the sign named after him. It was Auspitz's mentor at the Medical University of Vienna (Ferdinand von Hebra) and Parisian dermatologist Marie Devergie who first noted the punctate hemorrhages underlying psoriasis scales.


Source: "Acantholysis or the Auspitz sign? A revelation of the life of Carl Heinrich Auspitz". Indian Journal of Dermatology, Venereology and Leprology. 30 June 2017. Retrieved 1 June 2022.

Definition:

The appearance of punctate bleeding spots when psoriasis scales are scraped off.



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