Pastia's sign/lines
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Introduction
Pink or red transverse lines at the bend of the elbow first visible in the pre-eruptive phase of scarlet fever. The lines persist through the eruptive phase & remain as pigmented lines after desquamation.
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References
- ↑ Stedman's Medical Dictionary 27th ed, Williams & Wilkins, Baltimore, 1999.