Borsari's sign

Borsari's sign or Borsari's line is a dermatological sign that consists of pressure by a sharp object (such as a fingernail) producing a white line on the skin that quickly turns red. It is present in scarlet fever.^[1]

References

↑ Patel LM, Lambert PJ, Gagna CE, Maghari A, Lambert WC (2011). "Cutaneous signs of systemic disease". Clin. Dermatol. 29 (5): 511–22. doi:10.1016/j.clindermatol.2011.01.019. PMID 21855727.

Symptoms and signs: skin and subcutaneous tissue (R20–R23, 782)

Disturbances of skin sensation	Hypoesthesia Paresthesia Formication Hyperesthesia Hypoalgesia Hyperalgesia

Circulation	Cyanosis Pallor/Livedo Livedo reticularis Flushing Petechia

Edema	Peripheral edema Anasarca

Other	Rash Desquamation Induration Diaphoresis Mass Neck mass

Skin	Asboe-Hansen sign Auspitz's sign Borsari's sign Braverman's sign Crowe sign Dennie–Morgan fold Darier's sign Fitzpatrick's sign Florid cutaneous papillomatosis Gottron's sign Hutchinson's sign Janeway lesion Kerr's sign Koebner's phenomenon Koplik's spots Leser-Trelat sign Nikolsky's sign Pastia's sign Russell's sign Wickham striae Wolf's isotopic response

Nails	Aldrich-Mees' lines Beau's lines Muehrcke's lines Terry's nails

'THE NAME OF BORSARI is WRONG İt is BORSIERI Italian internist Giovanni Battista DE KANILFELD BORSIERI, 1725-1785.

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Borsari's sign

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