Psoriasis, Auspitz Sign - DermAtlas - Dermatology Image Atlas

Contributor

Bernard Cohen, MD

Diagnosis

psoriasis Auspitz sign

Body Site

hand leg knee

Age

14 years

Pigmentation

light

Organization

confluent

Color

red

Morphology

papulosquamous (bump, scale)

Pattern

symmetric

Comments

A 14 year old boy with widepsread resistant psoriasis was evaluated for treatment options. He had faiiled topical steroids, calcipotriol, lubricants, coal tar, and tazarotene, phototherapy, and oral cyclosporine. Note the sparing between his knuckles. When scale was accidentally scraped from his hands he developed bleeding characteristic of the Auspitz sign seen in psoriasis.

Description

diffuse confluent red plaques with overlying thick silvery scale; bleeding fissures

Image Added

2/3/2002 13:58:33

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