Pastia's sign

<clinical sign> The presence of pink or red transverse lines at the bend of the elbow in the preeruptive stage of scarlatina; they persist through the eruptive stage and remain as pigmented lines after desquamation.

Synonym: Thomson's sign.

(05 Mar 2000)


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