What Is the Auspitz Sign? Auspitz sign is a distinctive mark seen when a skin plaque has been removed. Plaques (also called scales) are common in plaque psoriasis, but people with Darier′s disease and ...

I read with interest the Clinical Vistas Brief by Ahmad Ayaz Sabri and Muhammad Ahad Qayyum. 1 Papillary bleeding upon removal of psoriatic scales has been called the Auspitz sign, but the phenomenon ...

During the examination, we found the Auspitz sign in this patient, but we did not say in our Brief that this sign is specific or sensitive for psoriasis. With regard to the controversy about the ...