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Moniz sign
Differential diagnosisPyramidal tract lesions

Moniz sign is a clinical sign in which forceful passive plantar flexion of the ankle elicits an extensor plantar reflex. It is found in patients with pyramidal tract lesions, and is one of a number of Babinski-like responses.[1]

It is named after Portuguese neurologist António Egas Moniz.[2]

References

  1. ^ Kumar SP, Ramasubramanian D (December 2000). "The Babinski sign--a reappraisal". Neurol India. 48 (4): 314–8. PMID 11146592. Retrieved 2009-04-13.
  2. ^ Buzzi, Alfredo E. (January 2004). "Egas Moniz" (PDF). The Invisible Light: the Journal of the Radiology History and Heritage Charitable Trust (20): 5–24. ISSN 1479-6945. Retrieved 2019-06-19.
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