Koplik's spot
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Etiology
- pathognomonic for measles
Clinical manifestations
- bluish-white papules on a bright red base on the buccal & labial mucosa appearing during the prodromal phase of measles, shortly after the coryza & before the rash
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More general terms
References
- ↑ Saunders Manual of Medical Practice, Rakel (ed), WB Saunders, Philadelphia, 1996, pg 870
- ↑ Jump up to: 2.0 2.1 Brady MP (images) Cutaneous and Mucosal Manifestations of Viral Diseases. Medscape. March 2017 http://reference.medscape.com/features/slideshow/viral-skin