Psoriasis, Plaque, Psoriasis, Auspitz Sign - DermAtlas

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Shahbaz A. Janjua, MD

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psoriasis, plaque psoriasis Auspitz sign

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back

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20 years

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medium

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A 20-year-old man had a minimally itchy slowly progressive papulosquamous eruption which was almost confluent in the scalp extending onto the forehead. Note the bleeding on several plaques where the scaly was pulled away typical of an Auspitz sign.

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multiple symmetric discrete and confluent red plaques with thick overlying silvery scale

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3/20/2005 12:09:46

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