Forchheimer spots

{{Short description|Symptom of rubella}}

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Forchheimer spots are a type of enanthem seen as tiny red spots on the soft palate in rubella, measles and scarlet fever.{{cite book |last1=Rasokat |first1=Heinrich |editor1-last=Schmidt |editor1-first=Enno |title=Diseases of the Oral Mucosa: Study Guide and Review |date=2021 |publisher=Springer |isbn=978-3-030-82803-5 |page=299 |chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=AqdYEAAAQBAJ&pg=PA299 |language=en |chapter=28. Viral infections }} They sometimes precede the skin rash of rubella.

The spots may be present in around 20% of people with rubella. The sign is named after Frederick Forchheimer.{{cite book |last1=Stedman |first1=Thomas Lathrop |title=Stedman's Medical Eponyms |date=2005 |publisher=Lippincott Williams & Wilkins |isbn=978-0-7817-5443-9 |page=243 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=isqcnR6ryz0C&pg=PA243 |language=en }}