doi:10.1016/S0140-6736(01)98713-6Rodríguez-Hernández, Jorge MartínAriza-Ruiz, KaterineAmaya-Lara, Jeannette LilianaRonderos-Torres, María MargaritaFederación Colombiana de Obstetricia y GinecologíaRev Colomb Obstet Ginecol
Koplik spots are tiny grayish-white spots that look like grains of sands with a reddish ring around them. They often appear in the mouth of children infected with measles. These Koplik spots are mostly seen on the lining of the inner cheek, called the buccal mucosa, particularly along the ...
The meaning of KOPLIK'S SPOTS is small bluish white dots surrounded by a reddish zone that appear on the mucous membrane of the cheeks and lips before the appearance of the skin eruption in a case of measles.
Henry Schneiderman
doi:10.1016/S0140-6736(01)77153-XMuirJ.C.Elsevier Ltd.Lancet
doi:10.1097/00000441-190601000-00041&NAAmerican Journal of the Medical Sciences
The patient was diagnosed to be suffering from measles. It reveals that the Koplik spots are the common determinants for the onset of the disease and disappears when the rash develops. INSET: The onset of measles as described by Koplik in 1896.Steichen...
doi:10.1111/bjd.18417Br J DermatolC.‐H. Wang
It offers information on the recognition of Koplik spots, and highlights the need to vaccinate everyone, children as well as adults with the measles, mumps and rubella (MMR) vaccine.RDHBurkhartAdjunctNancyAdjunctW.Adjunct
Koplik spots: a clinical sign with epidemiological implications for measles control. Dermatology 2010;220:280-1.Lefebvre N, Camuset G, Bui E, Christmann D, Hansmann Y: Koplik spots: a clinical sign with epidemiological implications for measles con- trol. Dermatology DOI: 10.1159/000277122....