Nikolskiy Sign: Sensitivity and Specificity
Introduction:
None written. Excerpt from the entry in Pemphigus Vulgaris:
"Marginal": an attempt to extend the erosion to the surrounding normal-appearing skin by pulling the remnant of the blister wall or rubbing the skin with a twisting motion with the thumb to avoid applying strong shearing force at the periphery of existing lesions
"Marginal": an attempt to extend the erosion to the surrounding normal-appearing skin by pulling the remnant of the blister wall or rubbing the skin with a twisting motion with the thumb to avoid applying strong shearing force at the periphery of existing lesions
Associated Diagnoses:
69% sensitive, 94% specific
38% sensitive, 100% specific