The correct nomenclature of Zirelí sign in the propaedeutics of pityriasis versicolor (in memoriam),

Abstract

Abstract Aiming at disclosing the semiotic method used in the diagnosis of pityriasis versicolor, the authors go through the history of the creation of Zirelí sign, describing the method, its usefulness and practicality in dermatological clinical practice, whether public or private, and to give credit to the author of this semiological maneuver, in memoriam.

Keywords

• Diagnosis
• Malassezia
• Mycoses
• Tinea versicolor