| Letter |
Sign |
Name |
Field |
Associated conditions |
External link
(if no internal link) |
Descriptor |
| A |
Aaron sign |
Charles Dettie Aaron |
surgery |
appendicitis |
|
epigastric pain with pressure on McBurney's point |
| A |
Abadie's sign |
Jean Marie Charles Abadie |
endocrinology |
Graves' disease |
|
levator palpebrae superioris spasm |
| A |
Abadie's symptom |
Joseph Louis Irenée Jean Abadie |
neurology |
tabes dorsalis |
|
absence of pain on Achilles tendon pressure |
| A |
Abderhalden reaction |
Emil Abderhalden |
obstetrics |
pregnancy |
|
serum reaction;obsolete |
| A |
Abelin reaction |
Isaak Abelin |
infectious disease |
syphilis |
|
presence of arsenical anti-syphilitic;obsolete |
| A |
Addis count |
Thomas Addis |
nephrology |
pyelonephritis |
|
quantitative cells and casts in 24hr. urine |
| A |
Adie pupil |
William John Adie |
neurology |
|
|
|
| A |
Adson's sign |
Alfred Washington Adson |
vascular surgery |
thoracic outlet syndrome |
|
obliteration of radial pulse with manoeuvres |
| A |
Alexander's law |
Gustav Alexander |
neurology, neurosurgery, ENT |
vestibular lesions |
|
describes nystagmus in vestibular lesions |
| A |
Allen's test |
Edgar Van Nuys Allen |
vascular surgery, critical care[1] |
arterial supply of the hand |
|
tests for presence of palmar ulnar-radial anastomosis (palmar arch) |
| A |
Apley grind test |
Alan Graham Apley |
orthopaedic surgery |
meniscal lesions |
|
manouevres to elicit knee pain |
| A |
Argyll Robertson pupils |
Douglas Moray Cooper Lamb Argyll Robertson |
neurology |
neurosyphilis |
|
light-near dissociation |
| A |
Arneth count |
Josef Arneth |
haematology, nutrition |
folate deficiency |
|
lobulation of neutrophil nuclei |
| A |
Aschheim-Zondek test |
Selmar Aschheim, Bernhard Zondek |
obstetrics |
normal pregnancy |
synd/1834 at Who Named It? |
oestral reaction in mouse injected with pregnant urine |
| A |
Aschoff body |
Karl Albert Ludwig Aschoff |
rheumatology, pathology |
rheumatic fever |
|
foci of interstitial inflammatiuon in the myocardium and elsewhere |
| A |
Ashby technique |
Winifred Ashby |
haematology, pathology |
haemolysis |
synd/233 at Who Named It? |
agglutination test for erythrocyte survival |
| A |
Auberger's blood group |
Auberger (patient) |
haematology |
normal physiology |
synd/283 at Who Named It? |
Aua antigen |
| A |
Auenbrugger's sign |
Josef Leopold Auenbrugger |
cardiology |
pericardial effusion |
synd/284 at Who Named It? |
bulging epigastrium |
| A |
Auer rods |
John Auer |
hematology |
acute myeloid leukemia |
|
cytoplasmic inclusions in myeloblasts |
| A |
Auspitz's sign |
Heinrich Auspitz |
dermatology |
psoriasis |
|
punctate bleeding when scales are scraped |
| A |
Austin Flint murmur |
Austin Flint |
cardiology |
aortic insufficiency |
|
mid-diastolic rumble heard at apex |
| B |
Babinski sign |
Joseph Babinski |
neurology |
abnormal plantar reflex |
Kumar SP, Ramasubramanian D (December 2000). "The Babinski sign--a reappraisal". Neurol India 48 (4): 314–8. PMID 11146592. http://www.neurologyindia.com/article.asp?issn=0028-3886;year=2000;volume=48;issue=4;spage=314;epage=8;aulast=Kumar. Retrieved on 2009-04-13. |
dorsiflexion of the hallux with fanning of the remaining phalanges upon soft stimulation of the lateral plantar surface of the foot |
| B |
Bainbridge reflex |
Francis Arthur Bainbridge |
cardiology |
normal physiology |
|
increase in heart rate with increase in circulating blood volume |
| B |
Balbiani rings |
Edouard-Gérard Balbiani |
genetics |
RNA transcription |
synd/601 at Who Named It? |
large chromosome puff indicating site of RNA transcription |
| B |
Ballance's sign |
Charles Alfred Ballance |
general surgery |
abdominal/splenic trauma |
|
percussive dullness left flank, LUQ, percussive rsonance right flank |
| B |
Bárány test |
Robert Bárány |
ENT,neurology |
vertigo, vestibular dysfunction |
synd/595 at Who Named It? |
nystagmus elicited by hot or cold irrigation of ear canal |
| B |
Barlow's maneuver |
Sir Thomas Barlow, 1st Baronet |
paediatrics, orthopaedic surgery |
hip dysplasia |
|
dislocation on adduction of hip |
| B |
Bart hemoglobin |
Barts Hospital |
Obstetrics, pathology |
indicates a specific cause of death in some stillborns |
|
Loss of all four alpha-globin genes (total alpha-thalassemia) leads to severely anemic stillborn babies with small amounts of an abnormal hemoglobin composed of four gamma sub-units (Bart's Hemoglobin) |
| B |
Bastian-Bruns sign |
Henry Charlton Bastian, Ludwig Bruns |
neurology |
spinal cord transection |
|
loss of muscle tone and reflexes below lesion level |
| B |
Battle's sign |
William Henry Battle |
neurosurgery/traumatology |
basal skull fracture |
|
mastoid ecchymosis |
| B |
Beau's lines |
Joseph Honoré Simon Beau |
dermatology, internal medicine |
multiple, including trauma |
|
transverse ridges on nails |
| B |
Beck's triad |
Claude Schaeffer Beck |
cardiology |
cardiac tamponade |
|
hypotension, increased central venous pressure (JVP), distant heart sounds |
| B |
Becker's sign |
Otto Heinrich Enoch Becker |
ophthalmology, endocrinology |
thyrotoxicosis |
|
visible pulsation of retinal arteries |
| B |
Beevor's sign |
Charles Edward Beevor |
neurology, neurosurgery |
spinal trauma at T10, als,fsmd |
|
caudal movement of navel on cervical flexion |
| B |
Bekhterev-Jacobsohn reflex |
Vladimir Bekhterev, Louis Jacobsohn-Lask |
neurology |
pyramidal tract lesions |
|
stroking dorsal radial skin, with forearm in supination, elicits wrist and finger flexion |
| B |
Bekhterev-Mendel reflex |
Vladimir Bekhterev, Kurt Mendel |
neurology |
pyramidal tract lesions |
|
toe flexion on percussion of dorsum of foot |
| B |
Bence Jones protein |
Henry Bence Jones |
hematology |
multiple myeloma |
|
|
| B |
Benedict solution |
Stanley Rossiter Benedict |
endocrinology |
diabetes mellitus |
|
reagent for presence of monosaccharides |
| B |
Berger wave (rhythm) |
Hans Berger |
neurology |
normal physiology |
|
electroencephalographic alpha wave |
| B |
Bezold-Jarisch reflex |
Albert von Bezold, Adolf Jarisch |
pharmacology, toxicology |
effect of certain alkaloids |
|
apnea, bradycardia, hypotension |
| B |
Bielschowsky's head tilt test |
Alfred Bielschowsky |
neurology, ophthalmology |
lesions of cranial nerve IV |
|
test for palsy of superior oblique muscle |
| B |
Bing's sign |
Paul Robert Bing |
neurology |
pyramidal tract lesions |
|
extension of the great toe on pricking the dorsum of the foot with a pin |
| B |
Biot's respiration |
Camille Biot |
neurology |
brain stem herniation |
|
quick shallow respirations followed by period of apnea |
| B |
Bitot's spots |
Pierre Bitôt |
ophthalmology |
vitamin A deficiency |
|
spots of keratin deposition in the conjunctiva |
| B |
Bjerrum scotoma |
Jannik Peterson Bjerrum |
ophthalmology |
glaucoma |
|
comet shaped visual field defect,extending temporally from the physiological blind spot |
| B |
Blumberg sign |
Jacob Moritz Blumberg |
surgery |
peritonitis |
|
rebound tenderness |
| B |
Boas' point |
Ismar Isidor Boas |
gastroenterology |
gastric ulcer |
|
dermal hyperaesthesia just left of T12 |
| B |
Boas' sign |
Ismar Isidor Boas |
gastroenterology |
acute cholecystitis |
|
dermal hyperaesthesia at inferior angle of R scapula |
| B |
Bodansky unit |
Aaron Bodansky |
clinical chemistry |
|
|
unit of alkaline phosphatase concentration in blood |
| B |
Boston's sign |
Leonard N. Boston |
ophthalmology, endocrinology |
thyrotoxicosis |
|
spasmodic ptosis on downward gaze |
| B |
Bouchard's nodes |
Charles-Joseph Bouchard |
rheumatology |
osteoarthritis |
|
bony outgrowths on dorsa of proximal interphalangeal joints |
| B |
Bracht-Wachter bodies |
Erich Franz Eugen Bracht, Hermann Julius Gustav Wächter |
cardiology |
infective endocarditis |
|
yellow-white spots in the myocardium |
| B |
Branham's sign |
Henry Branham |
|
|
|
pressing on proximal portion of AV fistula results in bradycardia |
| B |
Braxton Hicks contraction |
John Braxton Hicks |
obstetrics |
normal pregnancy |
|
"false labour". sporadic contractions beginning as early as mid 1st trimester |
| B |
Brewer infarcts |
George Emerson Brewer |
nephrology, pathology |
pyelonephritis |
|
dark red wedge shaped areas on kidney section resembling infarcts |
| B |
Brissaud's reflex |
Édouard Brissaud |
neurology |
pyramidal tract lesions |
|
plantar stimulation elicits contraction of tensor fasciae latae |
| B |
Broadbent inverted sign |
Sir William Broadbent, 1st Baronet |
cardiology |
L atrial hypertrophy |
|
systole palpable in posterior chest wall |
| B |
Broadbent sign |
Walter Broadbent |
cardiology |
adhesive pericarditis |
|
recession of L inferior intercostal spaces |
| B |
Broca aphasia |
Paul Broca |
neurology, neuropsychology |
developmental or other pathology of various frontal cortical areas |
|
expressive aphasia |
| B |
Brodie-Trendelenburg percussion test |
Sir Benjamin Collins Brodie, 1st Baronet, Friedrich Trendelenburg |
general medicine, surgery |
varicose veins |
|
superficial vein is percussed proximally; if impulse is felt over vein distally, valvular incompetence is present |
| B |
Brodie-Trendelenburg test |
Sir Benjamin Collins Brodie, 1st Baronet, Friedrich Trendelenburg |
general medicine,surgery |
varicose veins |
|
identifies level of valvular incompetence |
| B |
Brudziński neck sign |
Józef Brudziński |
neurology |
meningitis |
|
neck flexion elicits hip and knee flexion |
| B |
Brudziński cheek sign |
Józef Brudziński |
neurology |
meningitis |
|
pressure beneath zygoma elicits flexion of forearm |
| B |
Brudziński symphyseal sign |
Józef Brudziński |
neurology |
meningitis |
|
pressure over symphisis pubis elicits knee, hip flexion and leg abduction |
| B |
Brudziński reflex |
Józef Brudziński |
neurology |
meningitis |
|
passive flexion of knee to abdomen elicits flexion of contralateral hip and knee |
| B |
Bruit de Roger |
Henri-Louis Roger |
paediatric cardiology |
ventricular septal defect |
|
loud pansystolic murmur |
| B |
Bruns ataxia |
Ludwig Bruns |
neurology |
frontal lobe lesions |
|
difficulty moving feet in contact with floor, tendency to fall backwards |
| B |
Brushfield spots |
Thomas Brushfield |
ophthalmology, genetics |
Downs' syndrome or non-pathological |
|
greyish-white spots at periphery of iris |
| B |
Burton line |
Henry Burton |
toxicology |
lead poisoning |
NEJM 354:e21 5/18/06 |
Blue discolouration of the gingival border |
|
| C |
Cabot rings |
Richard Cabot |
hematology |
lead poisoning, anaemias |
|
threadlike strands in erythrocytes |
| C |
Caput medusae |
Medusa |
gastroenterology, surgery |
portal hypertension |
|
distended veins radiating from umbilicus |
| C |
Cardarelli's sign |
Antonio Cardarelli |
cardiology, thoracic surgery |
aortic arch dilatation or aneurysm, mediastinal tumour |
|
left displacement of trachea elicits palpable pulsation of same |
| C |
Carey Coombs murmur |
Carey Coombs |
cardiology,rheumatology |
rheumatic fever |
|
mid-diastolic rumble |
| C |
Carnett's sign |
John Berton Carnett |
primary care, surgery |
abdominal mass and/or pain |
Am J Med Sci 174 (1927): 579–599 |
supine patient lifts head from bed;↑ pain - abdominal wall ;↓ pain - intraperitoneal |
| C |
Carvallo's sign |
José Manuel Rivero Carvallo |
cardiology |
tricuspid regurgitation |
|
increase in volume of murmur on inspiration |
| C |
Casal collar |
Gaspar Casal |
nutrition |
pellagra (niacin deficiency) |
Casal collar at Medscape |
widely variable collar of dermatitis characteristically in c3,c4 dermatomes |
| C |
Casoni test |
Tomaso Casoni |
infectious disease, tropical medicine |
hydatid disease |
|
intradermal injection of hydatid fluid causing wheal |
| C |
Celsus signs of inflammation |
Aulus Cornelius Celsus |
various |
inflammation |
|
1. Rubor (redness) 2. Tumor (swelling)3. Calor (heat) 4. Dolor (pain) |
| C |
Chaddock reflex |
Charles Gilbert Chaddock |
neurology |
pyramidal lesions, corticospinal tract lesions |
|
extension of big toe with stimulation of skin over lateral malleolus |
| C |
Chadwick sign |
James Read Chadwick |
obstetrics |
pregnancy |
|
cyanosis of vulva, vagina and cervix |
| C |
Charcot's triad |
Jean-Martin Charcot |
surgery |
ascending cholangitis |
|
jaundice, fever and chills, RUQ pain |
| C |
Charcot's triad |
Jean-Martin Charcot |
neurology |
multiple sclerosis |
|
nystagmus, intention tremor ,staccato speech |
| C |
Charcot-Leyden crystals |
Jean-Martin Charcot, Ernst Viktor von Leyden |
pathology |
any disorder characterized by eosinophil proliferation, e.g. ascariasis |
|
lysophospholipase crystals in various tissues |
| C |
Cheyne-Stokes respiration |
John Cheyne, William Stokes |
palliative care |
respiratory center damage |
|
fluctuation between apnoea and tachypnoea |
| C |
Churchill-Cope reflex |
Edward Delos Churchill, Oliver Cope |
cardiology |
heart failure |
|
distension of pulmonary vascular bed causes tachypnoea |
| C |
Chvostek's sign |
František Chvostek |
endocrinology |
hypocalcemia |
|
tapping over facial nerve elicits abnormal muscle contraction(s) |
| C |
Claybrook sign |
Edwin Claybrook |
emergency medicine, surgery |
blunt abdominal trauma |
|
heart and/or breath sounds heard through abdominal wall indicate rupture of viscus |
| C |
Clutton's joints |
Henry Hugh Clutton |
paediatrics |
congenital syphilis |
|
painless symmetrical hydrarthroses, particularly of the knees |
| C |
Codman's triangle |
Ernest Codman |
oncology, orthopaedic surgery, radiology |
osteosarcoma, Ewing's sarcoma |
|
triangular subperiosteal growth |
| C |
Comby sign |
Jules Comby |
paediatrics |
rubeola |
|
whitish patches on gingiva and buccal mucosa |
| C |
Coombs test |
Robin Coombs |
hematology |
hemolytic anemia |
|
|
| C |
Coons fluorescent antibody method |
Albert Coons |
immunology |
|
Albert Coons at National Academies Press |
detection of antibodies by fluorescence microscopy using fluorescein-labelled antibodies |
| C |
Cornell's sign |
? |
neurology |
pyramidal tract lesions |
The Babinski sign - a reappraisal Neurol India 48 (4): 314–8. |
scratching alongside big toe extensor tendon elicits an extensor plantar response |
| C |
Corrigan pulse |
Dominic John Corrigan |
cardiology |
aortic insufficiency |
|
carotid pulsations with abrupt ascending and descending phases |
| C |
Councilman body |
William Thomas Councilman |
infectious disease |
yellow fever, viral haemorrhagic fevers |
|
eosinophilic globules in liver |
| C |
Courvoisier's law |
Ludwig Georg Courvoisier |
gastroenterology |
obstructive jaundice |
|
palpable gall bladder w/ painless jaundice unlikely to be cholelithiasis |
| C |
Crichton-Browne sign |
Sir James Crichton-Browne |
neuropsychiatry |
'general paresis' |
(needed) |
tremor at corners of mouth and of outer canthus |
| C |
Crowe sign |
Frank W. Crowe |
dermatology |
neurofibromatosis type I |
|
axillary freckling |
| C |
Cruveilhier-Baumgarten bruit |
Jean Cruveilhier, Paul Clemens von Baumgarten |
hepatology |
Cruveilhier-Baumgarten disease |
|
bruit around the umbilicus |
| C |
Cullen's sign |
Thomas S. Cullen |
surgery |
intraabdominal haemorrhage |
|
ecchymosis around umbilicus predicts onset of acute pancreatitis |
| C |
Curschmann spirals |
Heinrich Curschmann |
pulmonology |
asthma |
|
spiral mucus plugs found in sputum |
| C |
Cushing's triad |
Harvey Cushing |
neurology |
raised intracranial pressure |
|
elevated systolic bp, bradycardia, irregular respiration |
| D |
Dagher Maneuver |
Nabil Dagher |
trauma surgery |
penetrating pelvic trauma |
|
bimanual palpation of foreign object lodged in pelvis with one digit in an incision lateral to the anus and the other digit inserted in the rectum |
| D |
Dahl's sign |
K.V. Dahl |
pulmonology |
COPD |
|
pigmented calluses on anterior surface of thighs (from leaning on elbows) |
| D |
Dalrymple sign |
John Dalrymple |
ophthalmology, endocrinology |
thyrotoxicosis |
synd/494 at Who Named It? |
widened palpebral opening |
| D |
Dance's sign |
Jean Baptiste Hippolyte Dance |
(paediatric)surgery |
ileo-cecal intussusception |
synd/3355 at Who Named It? |
empty RLQ (retracted right iliac fossa) |
| D |
Darier's sign |
Ferdinand-Jean Darier |
allergy,dermatology |
urticaria pigmentosa |
|
dermatographia |
| D |
Dawson's fingers |
James Walker Dawson |
neurology |
multiple sclerosis |
[1] [2] |
characteristic fingerlike appearance of lateral ventricle on mri, ct, or at autopsy |
| D |
De Musset's sign |
Alfred de Musset |
cardiology |
aortic insufficiency |
|
head nodding in time with heartbeat |
| D |
Dennie-Morgan fold |
Charles Clayton Dennie
DB Morgan |
dermatology |
atopic dermatitis |
Dennie's line at TheFreeDictionary.com |
accentuated fold below the lower eyelid |
| D |
Destot's sign |
? |
orthopaedic surgery |
pelvic fracture |
[3] |
ecchymosis superior to inguinal ligament, in scrotum or of thigh |
| D |
Dix-Hallpike test |
Margaret R. Dix, Charles Skinner Hallpike |
Otolaryngology |
Benign paroxysmal positional vertigo |
synd/3615 at Who Named It? |
Elicitation of extreme vertigo upon lateral movement of a patient's head when lying in a supine position |
| D |
Döhle bodies |
Karl Gottfried Paul Döhle |
pathology |
various including trauma and neoplasm |
|
basophilic inclusions in peripheral cytoplasm of neutrophils |
| D |
Doi's sign |
? |
neurology |
Eaton-Lambert syndrome |
http://www.aipge.com/article-704-nested-0-0.html |
diminished deep tendon reflexes after maximal muscle contraction |
| D |
Dunphy sign |
? |
surgery |
appendicitis |
[4] |
increase in abdominal pain on coughing |
| D |
Duroziez's sign |
Paul Louis Duroziez |
cardiology |
aortic insufficiency |
|
double bruit heard over femoral artery when it is compressed distally (see Traube's sign) |
| E |
Elschnig spots |
Anton Elschnig |
ophthalmology |
hypertensive retinopathy |
|
|
| E |
Epstein's pearls |
Alois Epstein |
paediatrics |
normal newborn |
|
cystic papules on palate |
| E |
Ewart's sign |
William Ewart |
cardiology |
pericardial effusion |
|
percussive dullness, aegophony and bronchial breath sounds at L scapular tip |
| F |
Finkelstein's test |
Harry Finkelstein |
rheumatology |
DeQuervain's tenosynovitis |
|
|
| F |
Forchheimer spots |
Frederick Forchheimer |
paediatrics |
rubella |
|
small red spots on the soft palate |
| F |
Fothergill's sign |
John Fothergill |
surgery |
rectus sheath hematoma |
|
anterior abdominal mass which does not cross the midline and is still palpable when abdominal wall muscles are tensed |
| F |
Fox's sign |
George Henry Fox |
gastroenterology |
haemorrhagic pancreatitis |
|
ecchymosis of inguinal ligament (blood tracks retroperitoneally) |
| F |
Frank's sign |
Sanders T. Frank |
cardiology |
ischaemic heart disease |
|
ear crease indicating risk of heart disease (disputed) |
| F |
Friedreich's sign |
Nikolaus Friedreich |
cardiology |
constrictive pericarditis, tricuspid insufficiency |
|
collapse of distended neck veins in diastole |
| F |
Froment's sign |
Jules Froment |
neurology |
ulnar nerve palsy |
|
patient required to hold paper between thumb and palm (against attempt to withdraw);ability to do so is assessed |
| G |
Gallavardin phenomenon |
Louis Gallavardin |
cardiology |
aortic stenosis |
|
dissociation of musical and noisy elements in ejection murmur |
| G |
Gamna-Favre bodies |
Carlos Gamna,
Maurice Favre |
histology |
lymphogranuloma venereum |
Gamna-Favre bodies at Who Named It? |
basophilic cytoplasmic inclusion bodies |
| G |
Gandy-Gamna nodules |
Charles Gandy,
Carlos Gamna |
histology |
splenomegaly due to portal hypertension and sickle cell disease |
Gandy-Gamna bodies at Who Named It? |
small yellow-brown foci in the spleen |
| G |
Gerhardt's sign |
Carl Jakob Adolf Christian Gerhardt |
|
|
Gerhardt's sign at Who Named It?
http://cancerweb.ncl.ac.uk/cgi-bin/omd?Biermer's+sign |
controversial: see references |
| G |
Goetz sign |
? |
|
|
(needed) |
|
| G |
Gonda's sign |
? |
neurology |
pyramidal tract lesions |
The Babinski sign - a reappraisal Neurol India 48 (4): 314–8. |
flexing then suddenly releasing the 4th toe elicits an extensor plantar response |
| G |
Goodell's sign |
William Goodell |
obstetrics |
pregnancy |
|
softening of the vaginal part of the cervix during the first trimester |
| G |
Goodsall's rule |
David Henry Goodsall |
gastroenterology, general surgery |
anal fistula |
|
anatomical relationships, differentiation of fistula types |
| G |
Gordon's sign |
Alfred Gordon |
neurology |
pyramidal tract lesions |
The Babinski sign - a reappraisal Neurol India 48 (4): 314–8. |
squeezing the calf muscle elicits an extensor plantar response |
| G |
Gottron's papules |
Heinrich Adolf Gottron |
rheumatology |
dermatomyositis |
|
roseate discolouration over knuckles |
| G |
Gowers' sign [2] |
William Richard Gowers |
neurology |
muscular dystrophy |
|
|
| G |
Graham Steell murmur |
Graham Steell |
cardiology |
mitral stenosis |
|
pulmonary regurgitation murmur in patients with pulmonary hypertension secondary to mitral stenosis |
| G |
Grey Turner's sign |
George Grey Turner |
surgery |
retroperitoneal hemorrhage |
|
flank ecchymosis |
| G |
Griffith's sign |
? |
endocrinology |
Graves' ophthalmopathy |
|
lid lag of the lower eyelid on upward eye movement |
| G |
Grotton's lesions |
? |
|
|
(needed) |
|
| G |
Gunn's sign |
Robert Marcus Gunn |
ophthalmology |
hypertension |
Gunn's sign at Who Named It? |
AV "nicking" or "nipping" in hypertensive retinopathy |
| H |
Hamman's sign |
Louis Hamman |
thoracic surgery |
oesophageal perforation w/ pneumomediastinum |
|
crepitus in sync w/ heartbeat but not respiration |
| H |
Hampton's hump |
Aubrey Otis Hampton |
pulmonology, radiology |
pulmonary embolus with infarct |
Hampton's hump at Who Named It? |
wedge shaped consolidation at periphery with base on the pleura |
| H |
Hampton's line |
Aubrey Otis Hampton |
radiology, gastroenterology |
peptic ulcer |
Hampton's line at Who Named It? |
line on barium meal indicating mucosal oedema associated with ulcer |
| H |
Hannington-Kiff sign |
John G. Hannington-Kiff |
general surgery |
obturator hernia |
|
absent thigh adductor reflex with positive patellar reflex |
| H |
Harrison's groove |
Edward Harrison |
internal medicine |
rickets |
Harrison's sulcus at Who Named It? |
rib deformity at the lower thorax |
| H |
Hatchcock's sign |
? |
paediatrics, infectious disease |
mumps |
(needed) |
tenderness behind angle of jaw (typically before swelling is evident) |
| H |
Heberden's node |
William Heberden |
rheumatology |
osteoarthritis |
|
same as bouchard's nodes, but over dip joints |
| H |
Hegar's sign |
Ernst Ludwig Alfred Hegar |
obstetrics |
normal pregnancy |
|
softening of cervical isthmus appearin between 4th and 6th weeks (usually) |
| H |
Hess test |
Alfred Fabian Hess |
internal medicine |
capillary fragility |
Rumpel-Konchalevskii-Leede phenomenon or sign at Who Named It? |
appearance of petechiae after compression of arm by bandage or blood pressure cuff |
| H |
Hippocratic face |
Hippocrates |
palliative care |
impending death |
|
|
| H |
Hippocratic fingers |
Hippocrates |
pulmonary medicine |
chronic hypoxia |
|
clubbing of distal phalanges |
| H |
Hirschberg test |
Julius Hirschberg |
ophthalmology |
strabismus |
|
corneal reflection centred (-) or not centred (+) on pupil |
| H |
Hoffmann's sign |
Johann Hoffmann |
neurology |
corticospinal tract lesions |
|
tapping distal phalanx of 3rd or 4th finger elicits flexion of same in thumb |
| H |
Hollenhorst plaque |
Robert Hollenhorst |
ophthalmology |
hypertension, coronary artery disease, and/or diabetes |
|
cholesterol embolus(i) of retinal artery(ies) |
| H |
Homans' sign |
John Homans |
thrombosis |
deep venous thrombosis |
|
knee bent, ankle abruptly dorsiflexed,popliteal pain |
| H |
Hoover's sign (leg paresis) |
Charles Franklin Hoover |
neurology, psychiatry |
lower extremety paresis |
|
differentiates organic from non-organic etiology |
| H |
Hoover's sign (pulmonary) |
Charles Franklin Hoover |
pulmonology |
COPD |
|
inward movement of lower ribs during inspiration |
| H |
Howship-Romberg sign |
John Howship,
Moritz Heinrich Romberg |
surgery |
obturator hernia |
Howship's syndrome at Who Named It? |
pain from an obturator hernia radiating to knee |
| H |
Hutchinson's freckle |
Sir Jonathan Hutchinson |
dermatology |
melanoma |
Hutchinson's freckle at Who Named It? |
precancerous facial pigmentation |
| H |
Hutchinson's pupil |
Sir Jonathan Hutchinson |
neurology |
oculomotor nerve lesion |
Hutchinson's pupil at Who Named It? |
dilated pupil on the side of an intracranial lesion due to IIIrd nerve compression |
| H |
Hutchinson's sign |
Sir Jonathan Hutchinson |
ophthalmology |
herpes zoster |
Hutchinson's sign 2 at Who Named It? |
lesion on tip of the nose which can presage ocular herpes zoster |
| H |
Hutchinson's teeth [3] |
Sir Jonathan Hutchinson |
pediatrics |
congenital syphilis |
|
small, widely spaced incisors with notched biting surfaces |
| H |
Hutchinson's triad |
Sir Jonathan Hutchinson |
pediatrics |
congenital syphilis |
|
interstitial keratitis,nerve deafness, Hutchinson's teeth |
| J |
Janeway lesion |
Theodore Caldwell Janeway |
cardiology |
infective endocarditis |
|
palmar or plantar erythematous or haemorrhagic papules |
| J |
Jendrassik maneuver |
Ernő Jendrassik |
neurology |
hyporeflexia |
|
compares patellar reflex w/ and w/o distraction |
| J |
Joffroy's sign |
Alexis Joffroy |
endocrinology |
exophthalmos in Graves disease |
Joffroy's sign I at Who Named It? |
lack of forehead wrinkling when patient looks up with head bowed |
| J |
John Thomas sign [4] |
N/A |
radiology |
various, including Reiter's syndrome |
(needed) |
penile shadow points at affected hip (+) or unaffected hip (-) (2) |
| J |
Jolly's test |
Friedrich Jolly |
neurology |
myasthenia gravis or Eaton-Lambert syndrome |
|
electromyography test using repeated stimuli to show fatiguability in myasthenia |
| J |
Jones criteria |
T. Duckett Jones |
rheumatology |
rheumatic fever |
|
criteria used to diagnose rheumatic fever |
| K |
Kanavel's sign |
Allen B. Kanavel |
orthopedics, rheumatology |
tenosynovitis of flexor digitorum tendon |
http://www.emedicine.com/orthoped/TOPIC97.HTM |
(1) finger held in slight flexion, (2) fusiform swelling, (3) tenderness along the flexor tendon sheath, and (4) pain with passive extension of the digit. |
| K |
Kayser-Fleischer ring |
Bernhard Kayser,
Bruno Fleischer |
neurology,gastroenterology |
Wilson's disease(hepatolenticular degeneration) |
|
ring of brownish copper deposit at corneo-scleral junction |
| K |
Kehr's sign |
Hans Kehr |
trauma surgery |
ruptured spleen |
|
referred pain to L shoulder |
| K |
Kelly's sign |
Howard Atwood Kelly |
surgery |
|
(needed) |
visible response of ureter when touched (means of identifying same) |
| K |
Kerley lines |
Peter Kerley |
radiology |
pulmonary edema |
|
|
| K |
Kernig's sign |
Woldemar Kernig |
neurology |
meningism,meningitis, subarachnoid haemorrhage |
synd/2200 at Who Named It? |
hip and knee fully flexed, extension of knee elicits pain and/or opisthotonus |
| K |
Koebner's phenomenon |
Heinrich Koebner |
dermatology |
various conditions |
|
|
| K |
Koeppe's nodules |
Leonhard Koeppe |
ophthalmology |
uveitis |
|
granulomatous nodules at pupillary margin |
| K |
Koplik's spots |
Henry Koplik |
pediatrics |
measles |
|
|
| K |
Korotkoff sounds |
Nikolai Korotkov |
cardiology |
auscultatory sphygmomanometry |
|
Korotkov described 5 sounds. Only the first (the onset of audible sound,and corresponding to systolic pressure) and the fifth (sound becomes inaudible,corresponding to diastolic pressure) are of practical clinical significance (however,see:Auscultatory gap) |
| K |
Kussmaul breathing[5] |
Adolph Kussmaul |
endocrinology |
metabolic acidosis |
|
laboured deep breathing with normal or reduced frequency |
| K |
Kussmaul's sign |
Adolph Kussmaul |
cardiology |
various, including right side failure |
|
increased jugular distension on inspiration |
| K |
Kveim test |
Morten Ansgar Kveim |
pulmonary medicine |
sarcoidosis |
|
intradermal injection of lymphatic extract from known sufferer; obsolete |
| L |
Lachman maneuver |
John Lachman |
orthopedic surgery |
anterior cruciate ligament injury |
|
modified anterior drawer test with knee in less flexion |
| L |
Ladin's sign |
? |
obstetrics |
normal pregnancy |
|
softening of uterus; similar to Hegar's sign |
| L |
Lancisi's sign |
Giovanni Maria Lancisi |
cardiology |
tricuspid regurgitation |
|
giant v-wave in seen in jugular vein |
| L |
Larrey's sign |
Dominique Larrey |
rheumatology |
sacroiliitis |
|
pain in sacroiliac area on sitting down on hard chair |
| L |
Lasègue's sign |
Charles Lasègue |
neurosurgery, orthpaedic surgery |
lumbar disc lesions, sciatica |
|
better known as straight leg raise test |
| L |
Leopold's maneuver |
Christian Gerhard Leopold |
obstetrics |
|
Leopold's maneuver at Who Named It? |
determination of fetal lie |
| L |
Leser-Trélat sign |
Edmund Leser,
Ulysse Trélat |
oncology |
malignant neoplasm |
Leser-Trélat sign at Who Named It? |
sudden onset of multiple pruritic seborrheic keratoses |
| L |
Levine's sign |
Samuel A. Levine |
cardiology |
myocardial infarction |
|
patient clenches fist over chest when asked to describe pain |
| L |
Lhermitte's sign |
Jean Lhermitte |
neurology |
lesions of cervical cord dorsal columns or caudal medulla, MS, chemotherapy, Behçet's disease |
|
electrical sensation down the back and into limbs with neck flexion or extension |
| L |
Lisch nodule |
Karl Lisch |
ophthalmology |
type I neurofibromatosis |
|
yellow brown hamartomata on iris |
| L |
Lisker's sign |
? |
internal medicine |
deep venous thrombosis |
|
tenderness on percussion of antero-medial tibia |
| L |
Litten's sign |
Moritz Litten |
cardiology |
infective endocarditis |
eMedicine |
cotton-wool exudate in the retina |
| L |
Lombard effect |
Étienne Lombard |
psychiatry |
malingering due to simulated deafness |
|
automatic rise in the loudness of a person's voice when they speak in noise |
| L |
Louvel's sign |
? |
internal medicine |
deep venous thrombosis |
(needed) |
increased pain along vein with valsalva; proximal pressure prevents this |
| L |
Lowenberg's sign |
? |
|
deep vein thrombosis |
|
|
| M |
MacDonald triad |
John M. MacDonald |
psychiatry |
sociopathic personality disorder |
|
eneuresis, firesetting and animal torture predictive of future criminal behaviour |
| M |
Macewen's sign |
Sir William Macewen |
neurology, neurosurgery |
hydrocephalus, brain abscess |
|
resonance on percussion of fronto-temporo-parietal suture |
| M |
Magnan's sign |
Valentin Magnan |
addiction medicine |
cocaine dependence |
Magnan's sign at Who Named It? |
feeling of moving foreign body under the skin |
| M |
Mantoux test |
Charles Mantoux |
infectious disease |
tuberculosis |
|
intradermal protein derivative - diameter of wheal evaluated |
| M |
Marcus Gunn pupil |
Robert Marcus Gunn |
ophthalmology, neurology |
severe retinal disease, lesion of optic nerve anterior to chiasm |
Gunn's pupillary phenomenon at Who Named It? |
Relative pupil dilatation when light swings to the affected side |
| M |
Marie's sign |
? |
|
|
(needed) |
|
| M |
Markle sign |
? |
surgery |
appendicitis |
|
RLQ pain on dropping from standing on toes to heels |
| M |
Mayne's sign |
? |
cardiology |
aortic insufficiency |
|
systolic blood pressure drop of >15mmHg on raising arm |
| M |
McBurney's point |
Charles McBurney |
surgery |
appendicitis |
|
2/3 of the way lateral on a line from umbilicus to anterior superior iliac spine (corresponds to junction of vermiform appendix and cecum) |
| M |
McConnell's sign |
M.V. McConnell |
cardiology |
pulmonary embolism |
|
echocardiography finding of akinesia of the mid-free wall of the right ventricle but normal motion of the apex |
| M |
McDonald's sign |
? |
|
|
(needed) |
|
| M |
McMurray test |
Thomas Porter McMurray |
orthopaedics |
meniscal tear |
McMurray's sign at Who Named It? |
knee extended, valgus stress applied, leg rotated produces palpable or audible click |
| M |
Means-Lerman scratch |
? |
|
|
(needed) |
|
| M |
Mees' lines |
R.A. Mees |
toxicology |
arsenic or heavy metal poisoning |
|
transverse white lines across the nails |
| M |
Mentzer index |
? |
hematology |
microcytic anemia |
|
differentiates iron deficiency anaemia from beta thalassaemia |
| M |
Miller-Fisher test |
? |
|
|
(needed) |
|
| M |
Moniz sign |
António Egas Moniz |
neurology |
pyramidal tract lesions |
The Babinski sign - a reappraisal Neurol India 48 (4): 314–8. |
forceful plantar flexion of the ankle elicits an extensor plantar response |
| M |
Möbius sign |
Paul Julius Möbius |
endocrinology |
thyrotoxicosis |
Möbius sign at TheFreeDictionary.com |
inability to maintain convergence of eyes |
| M |
Muehrcke's lines |
Robert C. Muehrcke |
nephrology, oncology |
hypoalbuminaemia, chemotherapy |
|
paired transverse white lines on nail bed |
| M |
Mulder's sign |
? |
|
|
(needed) |
|
| M |
Müller's maneuver |
Johannes Peter Müller |
pulmonology |
collapsed section of airway |
|
patient attempts to breathe in with nose and mouth closed (opposite of Valsalva maneuver) |
| M |
Müller's sign |
Friedrich von Müller |
cardiology |
aortic insufficiency |
Müller's sign at Who Named It? |
visible pulsation or bobbing of uvula |
| M |
Murphy's punch sign |
John B. Murphy |
urology |
perinephric abscess |
Murphy's punch at Who Named It? |
punch tenderness at the costovertebral angle |
| M |
Murphy's sign |
John B. Murphy |
surgery |
cholecystitis |
Murphy's sign at Who Named It? |
hesitation on inspiration while gall bladder is palpated |
| M |
Myerson's sign |
Abraham Myerson |
neurology |
Parkinson's disease |
|
inability to resist blinking when glabella is percussed |
| N |
Naegele's rule |
Franz Karl Naegele |
gynecology |
gestation |
|
method of estimating due date |
| N |
Nardi test |
George Nardi |
gastroenterology |
dysfunction of sphincter of Oddi |
|
administration of morphine and neostigmine reproduces sharp LUQ pain; not in general use |
| N |
Nikolsky's sign |
Pyotr Nikolsky |
dermatology |
various, including pemphigus vulgaris |
|
mild shear stress applied to skin causes bullae to form |
| O |
O'Brien's test |
? |
|
|
(needed) |
|
| O |
O'Donoghue's triad |
D. O'Donoghue |
orthopaedics, sports medicine |
knee injury |
|
coincidence of anterior cruciate injury,medial collateral injury and meniscal tear |
| O |
Oliver's sign |
William Silver Oliver |
cardiology |
aortic arch aneurysm |
|
caudal movement of trachea with systole |
| O |
Oppenheim's sign |
Hermann Oppenheim |
neurology |
pyramidal tract lesions |
Oppenheim's reflex at Who Named It? |
irritation downward of the medial tibia causes dorsiflexion of big toe |
| O |
Ortolani test |
Marino Ortolani |
pediatrics & orthopedics |
congenital hip dislocation |
Ortolani's sign and test at Who Named It? |
palpable clunk on moving hip |
| O |
Osborn wave |
J.J. Osborn |
cardiology, emergency medicine |
hypothermia |
|
positive deflection at QRS-ST junction |
| O |
Osler's node |
Sir William Osler |
internal medicine |
various, including SBE and SLE |
|
painful red lesions on the pads of the fingers and plantar surfaces |
| O |
Osler's sign |
Sir William Osler |
internal medicine |
atherosclerosis |
|
falsely elevated bp reading due to incompressibility of calcified vessels |
| P |
Palla's sign |
? |
internal medicine |
pulmonary embolism |
Pulmonary embolism at Merck Manual online |
enlarged right descending pulmonary artery on chest x-ray |
| P |
Pastia's sign |
Constantin Chessec Pastia |
pediatrics |
scarlet fever |
Pastia's sign at Who Named It? |
lines of confluent petechiae in skin creases (associated with Scarlatiniform rash and strep pyogenes) |
| P |
Patrick's test |
Hugh Talbot Patrick |
rheumatology |
sacroiliitis |
Patrick's test at Who Named It? |
external rotation of the hip causes pain |
| P |
Pemberton's sign |
Hugh Pemberton |
thoracic surgery |
retrosternal mass with superior vena cava syndrome |
|
arms elevated over head elicits facial plethora, distended neck veins and inspiratory stridor |
| P |
Phalen's maneuver |
George S. Phalen |
rheumatology, hand surgery |
carpal tunnel syndrome |
|
30–60 seconds of full forced flexion of wrist elicits symptoms |
| P |
Piskaçek's sign |
Ludwig Piskaçek |
obstetrics |
normal pregnancy |
Piskaçek's sign at Who Named It? |
palpable lateral bulge at tubal-uterine junction; present at 7–8 weeks |
| P |
Plummer's nail |
Henry Stanley Plummer |
endocrinology |
thyrotoxicosis |
Plummer's nail at Who Named It? |
onycholysis especially of ring and little fingers |
| P |
Pratt's sign |
? |
internal medicine |
deep venous thrombosis |
(needed) |
pain elicited by compression of posterior calf |
| Q |
Queckenstedt's maneuver |
Hans Heinrich Georg Queckenstedt |
neurology |
spinal stenosis |
Queckenstedt's phenomenon at Who Named It? |
bilateral jugular vein pressure during lumbar puncture causes sudden rise in CSF pressure |
| Q |
Quincke's sign |
Heinrich Irenaeus Quincke |
cardiology |
aortic insufficiency |
Quincke's capillary pulse at Who Named It? |
visible pulsation in ungual capillary bed |
| R |
Reynolds' pentad |
B.M. Reynolds |
gastroenterology |
ascending cholangitis |
Reynold's pentad at Who Named It? |
Charcot's triad + hypotension and altered mental state |
| R |
Riesman's sign |
David Riesman |
endocrinology |
thyrotoxicosis |
|
bruit over globe of the eye |
| R |
Rigler's sign[6] |
Leo George Rigler |
radiology, abdominal surgery |
pneumoperitoneum |
Rigler's sign at Who Named It? |
gas outlines both mucosal and serosal surfaces of bowel |
| R |
Rinne test |
Heinrich Adolf Rinne |
ENT, neurology, audiometry |
hearing impairment |
Rinne's test at Who Named It? |
comparison of air conduction to bone conduction differentiates sensorineural from conductive deafness |
| R |
Romaña's sign |
Cecilio Romaña |
tropical medicine |
Chagas' disease |
Romaña's sign at Who Named It? |
painless unilateral periorbital swelling |
| R |
Romberg test |
Moritz Heinrich Romberg |
neurology |
dorsal column lesions, cerebllar lesions, alcohol intoxication |
Romberg's sign at Who Named It? |
differentiates proprioceptive from cerebellar ataxia |
| R |
Rosenbach's test |
Ottomar Rosenbach |
clinical chemistry |
bilirubinuria |
Rosenbach's test at Who Named It? |
colour produced on addition of nitric acid |
| R |
Rossolimo's sign |
Grigory Ivanovich Rossolimo |
neurology |
pyramidal tract lesions |
The Babinski sign - a reappraisal Neurol India 48 (4): 314–8. |
percussion of the tips of the toes causes exaggerated flexion of the toes |
| R |
Roth's spots |
Moritz Roth |
ophthalmology, internal medicine |
various, including SBE and systemic vasculitides |
Roth's spot at Who Named It? |
retinal haemorrhages with pale centres seen at fundoscopy |
| R |
Rovsing's sign |
Niels Thorkild Rovsing |
general surgery |
appendicitis |
Rovsing's sign at Who Named It? |
palpation of LLQ elicits pain in RLQ |
| R |
Rumpel-Leede sign |
Theodor Rumpel,
Carl Stockbridge Leede |
haematology |
capillary fragility |
Rumpel-Leede test at Who Named It? |
petechiae seen after compression by tourniquet |
| R |
Russell's sign |
Gerald Russell |
psychiatry |
bulimia nervosa |
|
scarring of the dorsum of one hand (contact with incisors when purging) |
| S |
Salus's sign |
Robert Salus |
ophthalmology |
hypertension |
Hypertension at Medscape |
deflection of retinal veins at right angle junctions due to elongation or shortening of connected arterioles |
| S |
Schaefer's sign |
Max Schaeffer |
neurology |
pyramidal tract lesions |
The Babinski sign - a reappraisal Neurol India 48 (4): 314–8. |
squeezing the Achilles tendon elicits an extensor plantar response |
| S |
Schamroth's window test |
Leo Schamroth |
pulmonology, cardiology |
chronic hypoxia |
|
identifies clubbing of distal phalanges |
| S |
Schiller's Test |
Walter Schiller |
gynecology |
cervical cancer |
Schiller's test at Who Named It? |
affected areas of cervix fail to stain brown with iodine solution |
| S |
Schilling test |
Robert F. Schilling |
internal medicine |
pernicious anaemia, coeliac disease, other malabsorption disorders |
|
B12 radioassay; rare |
| S |
Schirmer's test |
Otto Schirmer |
ophthalmology |
keratoconjunctivitis sicca, as in Sjögren's syndrome |
|
quantifies lacrimal secretion |
| S |
Schober test |
Paul Schober |
physiatry, rheumatology, orthopaedics |
various disorders of lumbar vertebrae |
Schober's sign at Who Named It? |
quantifies lumbar flexion |
| S |
Shone's complex |
John D. Shone |
cardiology |
congenital heart defect |
(needed) |
supravalvular mitral ring, parachute deformity of mitral valve, subaortic stenosis and coarctation of the aorta |
| S |
Siegrist streaks |
August Siegrist |
ophthalmology |
malignant hypertension |
|
hyperpigmented sreaks parallel to choroidal vessels |
| S |
Simmonds' test |
Franklin Adin Simmonds |
orthopaedics |
Achilles tendon rupture |
|
squeezing of calf fails to produce plantar flexion |
| S |
Sims-Huhner test |
Harry M. Sims, Max Huhner |
reproductive medicine |
infertility |
Sims-Huhner test at Who Named It? |
determination of sperm count and motility in a sample taken from the cervical canal within an hour of intercourse |
| S |
Sister Mary Joseph nodule[7] |
Sister Mary Joseph Dempsey (born Julia Dempsey) |
oncology |
various abdominal malignancies |
|
palpable lymph node in the umbilicus |
| S |
Spurling's test |
Roy Glenwood Spurling |
neurology |
cervical radiculopathy |
Spurling's manoeuvre and sign at Who Named It? |
axial compression and rotation of cervical spine to the side of symptoms causes pain |
| S |
Stellwag's sign |
Karl Stellwag von Carion |
endocrinology |
thyrotoxicosis |
|
infrequent and/or incomplete blinking, accompanied by Dalrymple's sign |
| S |
Still's murmur |
Sir George Frederick Still |
paediatric cardiology |
subaortic stenosis, small VSD |
Still's mmurmur at Who Named It? |
systolic ejection sound ; vibratory/musical; best heard at left lower sternal border |
| S |
Stransky's sign |
? |
neurology |
pyramidal tract lesions |
The Babinski sign - a reappraisal Neurol India 48 (4): 314–8. |
sudden abduction and release of little toe causes extensor plantar response |
| S |
Stroop test |
John Ridley Stroop |
neuropsychology |
various, including ADHD and schizophrenia |
|
reaction times for incongruent stimuli (e.g., word red printed in blue) |
| S |
Strümpell's sign |
Adolph Strümpell |
neurology |
spastic pareses of the lower extremity |
Strümpell's sign I at Who Named It? |
failure of abrupt passive flexion of the hip and/or knee to elicit dorsiflexion and adduction of foot |
| T |
Terry's nails |
R. Terry |
internal medicine |
various including hepatic failure |
|
white 'ground glass' nails;absence of lunula |
| T |
Terry-Thomas sign |
Terry-Thomas |
Orthopaedics |
Scapho-lunate dissociation |
Atlas of Signs in Musculoskeletal Radiology |
Gap between the scaphoid and lunate bones on AP wrist radiograph |
| T |
Throckmorton's reflex |
Tom Bentley Throckmorton |
neurology |
pyramidal tract lesions |
The Babinski sign - a reappraisal Neurol India 48 (4): 314–8. |
pressure over dorsal bog toe MTP joint elicits an extensor plantar response |
| T |
Tinel's sign |
Jules Tinel |
neurology |
neuritis, compression disorders |
|
'DTP' - distal tingling on percussion |
| T |
Todd's paresis |
Robert Bentley Todd |
neurology |
seizure disorders |
|
focal weakness for as much as 48 hours after seizure |
| T |
Traube's sign |
Ludwig Traube |
various |
splenomegaly |
|
dull percussion sound over Traube's space |
| T |
Trendelenburg's sign |
Friedrich Trendelenburg |
neurology |
superior gluteal palsy, other causes of hip adductors weakness |
|
pelvic tilt contralateral to 'stance leg' |
| T |
Trousseau's sign of malignancy |
Armand Trousseau |
internal medicine |
various malignancies, including pancreatic |
|
spontaneous thrombosis of multiple veins, including portal circulation |
| T |
Trousseau's sign of latent tetany |
Armand Trousseau |
internal medicine, endocrinology |
hypocalcaemia |
Trendelenburg's phenomenon at Who Named It? |
in hypocalcaemia, occlusion of brachial artery induces carpal spasm |
| U |
Uhthoff's phenomenon |
Wilhelm Uhthoff |
neurology |
multiple sclerosis |
Uhthoff's symptom at Who Named It? |
↑ in neurological symptoms with exercise |
| U |
Unterberger test |
Siegfried Unterberger |
neurology, ENT |
vestibular lesions |
|
patient walks in place with eyes closed;direction of rotation indicates vestibular lesion on that side |
| V |
Virchow's triad |
Rudolf Virchow |
hematology |
etiology of thrombosis |
|
|
| V |
Von Braun-Fernwald's sign |
Karl von Braun-Fernwald |
obstetrics |
pregnancy |
|
softening of the uterine fundus at the site of implantation at 4-5 weeks gestation |
| V |
Von Graefe sign |
Albrecht von Graefe |
endocrinology |
Graves' disease |
|
' lid lag'; immobility of upper lid on downward gaze |
| W |
Wada test |
Juhn Atsushi Wada |
neurology |
epilepsy, anatomical lesions of cerebrum |
Wada's test at Who Named It? |
short acting barbiturate injected in internal carotid; lateralizes language function |
| W |
Waddell's signs |
G. Waddell |
primary care, psychiatry |
chronic pain |
|
identify non-organic sources of low back pain |
| W |
Waddell's triad |
J.P. Waddell |
paediatric trauma |
child pedestrian stuck by motor vehicle |
|
Head trauma, thoracic and/or abdominal trauma, femoral fracture |
|
| W |
Watson's water hammer pulse |
Thomas Watson |
cardiology |
aortic regurgitation |
J. Suvarna Watson's water hammer pulse Journal of Postgraduate Medicine 2008-04-01 |
bounding forceful pulse elicited with postural manoeuvres |
| W |
Whipple's triad |
Allen Whipple |
endocrinology |
hypoglycemia |
|
1.symptoms associated with hypoglycaemia 2. measured low serum glucose 3. relief of symptoms with administration of glucose p.o. or iv |
| W |
Wickham's striae |
Louis Frédéric Wickham |
dermatology |
lichen planus |
|
white or greyish lines on the lichen planus lesions |
| W |
Widal test |
Georges-Fernand Widal |
microbiology |
enteric fever |
|
serum agglutination; obsolete(?) |
| W |
Winterbottom's sign |
Thomas Masterman Winterbottom |
tropical medicine |
trypanosomiasis |
|
posterior cervical chain adenopathy |
| W |
Wolff-Parkinson-White triad |
Sir John Parkinson,
Paul Dudley White,
Louis Wolff |
cardiology |
supraventricular tachycardia |
Wolff-Parkinson-White syndrome at Who Named It? |
pre-excitation on ECG |
| W |
Wright's maneuver |
? |
|
|
(needed) |
|
| Y |
Yeoman's test |
? |
rheumatology |
sacroiliitis |
|
sacroiliac pain on rotation of ilium and extension of hip |
