Forchheimer spots

Forchheimer spots
	Small red spots on the soft palate in Strep throat

Short description: Symptom of rubella

Forchheimer spots are a type of enanthem seen as tiny red spots on the soft palate in rubella, measles and scarlet fever.^[1] They sometimes precede the skin rash of rubella.^[1]

The spots may be present in around 20% of people with rubella.^[1] The sign is named after Frederick Forchheimer.^[2]

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↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 Rasokat, Heinrich (2021). "28. Viral infections". in Schmidt, Enno (in en). Diseases of the Oral Mucosa: Study Guide and Review. Springer. p. 299. ISBN 978-3-030-82803-5. https://books.google.com/books?id=AqdYEAAAQBAJ&pg=PA299.
↑ Stedman, Thomas Lathrop (2005) (in en). Stedman's Medical Eponyms. Lippincott Williams & Wilkins. p. 243. ISBN 978-0-7817-5443-9. https://books.google.com/books?id=isqcnR6ryz0C&pg=PA243.

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[Schmidt2021-1] 1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 Rasokat, Heinrich (2021). "28. Viral infections". in Schmidt, Enno (in en). Diseases of the Oral Mucosa: Study Guide and Review. Springer. p. 299. ISBN 978-3-030-82803-5. https://books.google.com/books?id=AqdYEAAAQBAJ&pg=PA299.

[Stedman2005-2] Stedman, Thomas Lathrop (2005) (in en). Stedman's Medical Eponyms. Lippincott Williams & Wilkins. p. 243. ISBN 978-0-7817-5443-9. https://books.google.com/books?id=isqcnR6ryz0C&pg=PA243.

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Forchheimer spots

Topic: Medicine

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