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Grey Turner's sign refers to bruising of the flanks.
This sign takes 24–48 hours. It can predict a severe attack of acute pancreatitis,[1] with mortality rising from 8-10% to 40%.[citation needed]It is a sign of retroperitoneal hemorrhage.
It may be accompanied by Cullen's sign, which may then be indicative of pancreatic necrosis with retroperitoneal or intraabdominal bleeding.
It is named for British surgeon George Grey Turner.[2][3]
[edit] Causes
Causes include
- acute pancreatitis, whereby methemalbumin formed from digested blood tracks subcutaneously around the abdomen from the inflamed pancreas
- blunt abdominal trauma
- ruptured abdominal aortic aneurysm.
- Ruptured/ hemorrhagic ectopic pregnancy.
- spontaneous bleeding secondary to coagulopathy (congenital or acquired)
[edit] References
- ^ Bosmann M, Schreiner O, Galle PR (April 2009). "Coexistence of Cullen's and Grey Turner's signs in acute pancreatitis". Am. J. Med. 122 (4): 333–4. doi:10.1016/j.amjmed.2008.08.032. PMID 19332225. http://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S0002-9343(08)01059-0.
- ^ synd/3347 at Who Named It?
- ^ G. G. Turner. Local discoloration of abdominal wall as a sign of acute pancreatitis. British Journal of Surgery, London, 1920, 7: 394-395.
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