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Case Reports
. 2021 Aug 25;32(3):278-279.
doi: 10.31138/mjr.32.3.278. eCollection 2021 Sep.

Carpet Tack Sign

Joydeep Samanta  1 , Arghya Chattopadhyay  1 , Debashish Mishra  1 , Dipankar De  2 , Sanjay Jain  1
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Carpet Tack Sign

Joydeep Samanta et al. Mediterr J Rheumatol. .
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Figure 1.
Figure 1.
(A) Discoid lupus lesion over forehead. (B) Discoid lupus rash over shoulder. (C,D) On removal of the scale from the discoid lesion, horny plugs were seen occupying the hair follicles suggestive of “carpet tack sign”.
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