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Eponym Signs
Question | Answer |
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Battle | skull fracture near ear |
Babinski | abnormal plantar reflex |
Brudzinski | meningitis |
Fabere | hip and sacroiliac joint |
Patrick | hip and sacroiliac joint |
Homans | DVT |
Kernig | meningitis |
Murphy | gallbladder |
Ortolani | infant hip stability |
Pfalen | carpal tunnel |
Tinel | carpal tunnel |
Trendelenburg | valve incompetence |
McBurney | appendicitis |
Nikolsky | skin condition in which the top layers of the skin slip away from the lower layers when slightly rubbed. |
Musset | condition that results in a rhythmic nodding or bobbing of the head in synchrony with the beating of the heart, in general as a result of aortic insufficiency caused by aortic regurgitation due to aortic valve deficiency |
Ewart | pericardial effusion |
Hamman | a crunching, rasping sound, synchronous with the heartbeat, heard over the precordium in spontaneous mediastinal emphysema produced by the heart beating against air-filled tissues |
D'Espine | pulmonary tuberculosis |
Sister Joseph | palpable lymph node on navel |
Cullen | intra-abdominal hemorrhage |
Grey Turner | retroperitoneal hemorrhage |
Rovsing | appendicitis |
Ballance | abdominal or splenic trauma |
Chadwick | pregnancy |
Jacquemeier | pregnancy |
Hegar | pregnancy |
Romberg | equilibrium |
Broadbent | adhesive pericarditis |
Abadie | insensibility to pressure over the tendo achillis |
Beevor | spinal cord injury |
Stellwag | Graves disease |
Allen | arterial supply of the hand |
Adson | thoracic outlet syndrome |
Brodie | varicose veins |
Cozen | tennis elbow |