Darier's sign

What it means

A skin change elicited by briskly rubbing the skin lesion in urticaria pigmentosa (UP), whereby the area begins to itch and becomes raised and surrounded by erythema. Unlike other forms of dermatographism, Darier's sign refers to urtication that is limited to the UP involved areas and, as in this case, spares the skin unaffected by UP.

Rare diseases that can present with this4

The range is how often this sign appears among people diagnosed with each disease — it is not a probability of having any of them. Many of these signs also occur in common, non-rare conditions. A sign on this page is a conversation to have with a clinician, not a conclusion.

Part of the broader category