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  2. Wickham striae - Wikipedia

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    Wickham striae or Wickham's striae are whitish lines visible in the papules of lichen planus and other dermatoses, typically in the oral mucosa. [1] The microscopic appearance shows hypergranulosis .

  3. Lichen planus - Wikipedia

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    Papular form is the classic cutaneous lichen planus (CLP) lesion characterized by shiny, red or purple-colored, flat-topped papule. Lesions may have a thin, transparent, and adherent scale. Fine whitish points or lacy lines (Wickham's striae) may be seen on the surface of well-developed papules. [2] Annular

  4. These Pictures Will Help You Identify the Most Common Skin Rashes

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    What it looks like: Purplish lesions on the inner arms, legs, wrists, or ankles can signify lichen planus, a skin rash triggered by an overreaction of the immune system.

  5. List of eponymous medical signs - Wikipedia

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    Wickham's striae: Louis Frédéric Wickham: dermatology: lichen planus: white or greyish lines on the lichen planus lesions Widal test: Georges-Fernand Widal: microbiology: enteric fever: serum agglutination; obsolete(?) Winterbottom's sign: Thomas Masterman Winterbottom: tropical medicine: trypanosomiasis: posterior cervical chain adenopathy

  6. Stretch marks - Wikipedia

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    Striae, or "stretch marks", begin as reddish or purple lesions which can appear anywhere on the body, but are most likely to appear in places where larger amounts of fat are stored. The most common places are the abdomen (especially near the navel ), breasts, upper arms, underarms, back, thighs (both inner and outer), hips, and buttocks.

  7. Leser–Trélat sign - Wikipedia

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    The Leser–Trélat sign is the explosive onset of multiple seborrheic keratoses [1] (many pigmented skin lesions), [2] [3] often with an inflammatory base. This can be a sign of internal malignancy as part of a paraneoplastic syndrome. In addition to the development of new lesions, preexisting ones frequently increase in size and become ...

  8. Pastia's lines - Wikipedia

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    Pastia's sign, Pastia lines, or Thompson's sign is a clinical sign in which pink or red lines formed of confluent petechiae are found in skin creases, particularly the crease in the antecubital fossa, the soft depression on the inside of the arm; the folding crease divides this fossa where the forearm meets the (upper) arm (the biceps, triceps, humerus section of the upper extremity); the ...

  9. Louis Frédéric Wickham - Wikipedia

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    Louis Frédéric Wickham (28 February 1861 in Paris – 14 October 1913 in Mesnil-le-Roi) was a French physician and pathologist remembered for describing Wickham striae. [1] He trained in medicine in Paris, receiving his M.D. in 1890.