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List of eponymously named medical signs

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Eponymous medical signs are those that are named after a person or persons, usually the physicians who first described them, but occasionally named after a famous patient. This list includes other
eponymous entities of diagnostic significance; i.e. tests, reflexes, etc.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_eponymously_named_medical_signs
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Letter
Sign
Name
Specialty
Associated
conditions
External link
(if no internal link)
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Descriptor
pressing on proximal
portion of AV fistula
results in bradycardia
Branham's sign
Henry
Branham
Gerhardt's sign
Carl Jakob
Adolf
Christian
Gerhardt
Gerhardt's sign (http://www.whonamedit.com/synd.cfm/112.html) at Who

Named It?
http://cancerweb.ncl.ac.uk/cgi-bin/omd?Biermer's+sign
Goetz sign
(needed)
O'Brien's test
(needed)
Wright's
maneuver
(needed)
Dance's sign
Jean Baptiste
Hippolyte
Dance
(paediatric)surgery
ileo-cecal
intussusception
synd/3355 (http://www.whonamedit.com/synd.cfm/3355.html) at Who Named empty RLQ (retracted

It?
right iliac fossa)
Magnan's sign
Valentin
Magnan
addiction medicine
cocaine dependence
Magnan's sign (http://www.whonamedit.com/synd.cfm/762.html) at Who

Named It?
Darier's sign
FerdinandJean Darier
allergy,dermatology
urticaria pigmentosa
Auenbrugger's
sign
Josef Leopold
cardiology
Auenbrugger
pericardial effusion
Austin Flint
murmur
Austin Flint
cardiology
aortic insufficiency
mid-diastolic rumble heard

at apex
Bainbridge
reflex
Francis Arthur
cardiology
Bainbridge
normal physiology
increase in heart rate with

increase in circulating
blood volume
Beck's triad
Claude
Schaeffer
Beck
cardiac tamponade
hypotension, increased
central venous pressure
(JVP), distant heart sounds
Bracht
Wachter
bodies
Erich Franz
Eugen Bracht,
Hermann
cardiology
Julius Gustav
Wchter
infective
endocarditis
yellow-white spots in the

myocardium
Broadbent
inverted sign
Sir William
Broadbent, 1st cardiology
Baronet
L atrial hypertrophy
systole palpable in
posterior chest wall
Broadbent sign
Walter
Broadbent
cardiology
adhesive pericarditis
recession of L inferior
intercostal spaces
Jos Manuel
Carvallo's sign Rivero
Carvallo
cardiology
tricuspid
regurgitation
increase in volume of
murmur on inspiration
Edward Delos
ChurchillCope
Churchill,
cardiology
reflex
Oliver Cope
heart failure
distension of pulmonary
vascular bed causes
tachypnoea
Corrigan pulse
Dominic John
cardiology
Corrigan
carotid pulsations with

abrupt ascending and
descending phases
De Musset's
sign
Alfred de
Musset
cardiology
head nodding in time with

heartbeat
Duroziez's sign
Paul Louis
Duroziez
cardiology
double bruit heard over

femoral artery when it is
compressed distally (see
Traube's sign)
Ewart's sign
William Ewart cardiology
pericardial effusion
percussive dullness,
aegophony and bronchial
breath sounds at L
scapular tip
Frank's sign
Sanders T.
Frank
cardiology
ischaemic heart
disease
ear crease indicating risk

of heart disease (disputed)
Friedreich's
sign
Nikolaus
Friedreich
cardiology
constrictive
pericarditis,
tricuspid
insufficiency
collapse of distended neck

veins in diastole
Gallavardin
phenomenon
Louis
Gallavardin
cardiology
aortic stenosis
dissociation of musical
and noisy elements in
ejection murmur
Graham Steell
murmur
mitral stenosis
pulmonary regurgitation
murmur in patients with
pulmonary hypertension
secondary to mitral
stenosis
Theodore
Janeway lesion Caldwell
Janeway
infective
endocarditis
palmar or plantar
erythematous or
haemorrhagic papules
cardiology
Graham Steell cardiology
cardiology
controversial: see
references
feeling of moving foreign

body under the skin
dermatographia
synd/284 (http://www.whonamedit.com/synd.cfm/284.html) at Who Named It? bulging epigastrium
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)
Kussmaul's
sign
Adolph
Kussmaul
cardiology
various, including
right side failure
increased jugular
distension on inspiration
Lancisi's sign
Giovanni
cardiology
Maria Lancisi
tricuspid
regurgitation
giant v-wave in seen in

jugular vein
Levine's sign
Samuel A.
Levine
myocardial
infarction
patient clenches fist over

chest when asked to
describe pain
cardiology
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Letter
Associated
conditions
infective
endocarditis
External link
eMedicine (http://www.emedicine.com/MED/topic671.htm)
cardiology
(needed)
cardiology
pulmonary
embolism
Sign
Name
Specialty
Litten's sign
Moritz Litten
cardiology
Mayne's sign
McConnell's
sign
M.V.
McConnell
Mller's sign
Friedrich von
cardiology
Mller
Oliver's sign
William Silver
cardiology
Oliver
aortic arch aneurysm
Quincke's sign
Heinrich
Irenaeus
Quincke
Shone's
complex
John D. Shone cardiology
Watson's water Thomas

hammer pulse Watson
Wellens' sign or
Hein Wellens cardiology
warning
cardiology
cardiology
Descriptor
cotton-wool exudate in the
retina
diastolic blood pressure
drop of >15mmHg on
raising arm
echocardiography finding
of akinesia of the mid-free
wall of the right ventricle
but normal motion of the
apex
Mller's sign (http://www.whonamedit.com/synd.cfm/2553.html) at Who

Named It?
visible pulsation or
bobbing of uvula
caudal movement of
trachea with systole
Quincke's capillary pulse (http://www.whonamedit.com/synd.cfm/478.html) at visible pulsation in ungual

Who Named It?
capillary bed
supravalvular mitral ring,
parachute deformity of
mitral valve, subaortic
stenosis and coarctation of
the aorta
congenital heart
defect
aortic regurgitation
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J. Suvarna Watson's water hammer pulse

(http://www.accessmylibrary.com/coms2/summary_0286-34539222_ITM)
Journal of Postgraduate Medicine 2008-04-01
severe stenosis of
LAD
bounding forceful pulse

elicited with postural
manoeuvres
characteristic ekg changes
Wolff
Parkinson
White triad
Sir John
Parkinson,
Paul Dudley
White,
Louis Wolff
Osborn wave
John J.
cardiology, emergency
Osborn (1917
medicine
)
hypothermia
positive deflection at
QRS-ST junction
Cardarelli's
sign
Antonio
Cardarelli
cardiology, thoracic
surgery
aortic arch dilatation

or aneurysm,
mediastinal tumour
left displacement of
trachea elicits palpable
pulsation of same
Carey Coombs Carey

murmur
Coombs
cardiology,rheumatology
rheumatic fever
mid-diastolic rumble
Bodansky unit
Aaron
Bodansky
clinical chemistry
Rosenbach's
test
Ottomar
Rosenbach
clinical chemistry
Asboe-Hansen
sign
Gustav
dermatology
Asboe-Hansen
bullae
extension of a blister to
adjacent unblistered skin
when pressed
Auspitz's sign
Heinrich
Auspitz
dermatology
psoriasis
punctate bleeding when

scales are scraped
Crowe sign
Frank W.
Crowe
dermatology
neurofibromatosis
type I
axillary freckling
Dennie
Morgan fold
Charles
Clayton
Dennie
DB Morgan
dermatology
atopic dermatitis
Garrod's pads
Archibald
Garrod
dermatology
repeated extreme
tension of extensor
tendon in
interphalangeal joint
thickening of skin and

tissue over interphalangeal
joint
Hildreth's sign
DH Hildreth
dermatology
glomus tumor
Relief of pain at tumor site

upon vascular occlusion of
limb, with acute return of
pain on reperfusion
Hutchinson's
freckle
Sir Jonathan
Hutchinson
dermatology
melanoma
Koebner's
phenomenon
Heinrich
Koebner
dermatology
various conditions
Nikolsky's sign
Pyotr
Nikolsky
dermatology
various, including
pemphigus vulgaris
mild shear stress applied to

skin causes bullae to form
Wickham's
striae
Louis Frdric
dermatology
Wickham
lichen planus
white or greyish lines on

the lichen planus lesions
Beau's lines
Joseph
dermatology, internal
Honor Simon
medicine
Beau
multiple, including
trauma
transverse ridges on nails
Claybrook sign
Edwin
Claybrook
emergency medicine,
surgery
blunt abdominal
trauma
heart and/or breath sounds

heard through abdominal
wall indicate rupture of
viscus
Abadie's sign
Jean Marie
Charles
Abadie
endocrinology
Graves' disease
levator palpebrae
superioris spasm
Benedict
solution
Stanley
Rossiter
Benedict
endocrinology
diabetes mellitus
reagent for presence of

monosaccharides
Chvostek's sign
Frantiek
Chvostek
endocrinology
hypocalcemia
tapping over facial nerve

elicits abnormal muscle
contraction(s)
Griffith's sign
endocrinology
Graves'
ophthalmopathy
(needed)
lid lag of the lower eyelid

on upward eye movement
Joffroy's sign
Alexis Joffroy endocrinology
exophthalmos in
Graves disease
Joffroy's sign I (http://www.whonamedit.com/synd.cfm/1544.html) at Who

Named It?
lack of forehead wrinkling

when patient looks up with
head bowed
cardiology
supraventricular
tachycardia
Wolff-Parkinson-White syndrome
(http://www.whonamedit.com/synd.cfm/1019.html) at Who Named It?
pre-excitation on ECG
unit of alkaline
phosphatase concentration
in blood
bilirubinuria
Rosenbach's test (http://www.whonamedit.com/synd.cfm/40.html) at Who

Named It?
colour produced on
addition of nitric acid
Dennie's line (http://medical-dictionary.thefreedictionary.com/Dennie's+line) accentuated fold below the

at TheFreeDictionary.com
lower eyelid
Hutchinson's freckle (http://www.whonamedit.com/synd.cfm/1439.html) at

Who Named It?
precancerous facial
pigmentation
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Letter
K
Sign
Kussmaul
breathing[5]
Name
Adolph
Kussmaul
endocrinology
Associated
conditions
metabolic acidosis
Specialty
External link
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Descriptor
laboured deep breathing
with normal or reduced
frequency
MeansLerman J. Lerman,
scratch
J.H. Means
endocrinology
hyperthyroidism
Mbius sign
Paul Julius
Mbius
endocrinology
thyrotoxicosis
Mbius sign (http://medical-dictionary.thefreedictionary.com/M%C3%

B6bius%27+sign) at TheFreeDictionary.com
inability to maintain
convergence of eyes
Plummer's nail
Henry Stanley
endocrinology
Plummer
thyrotoxicosis
Plummer's nail (http://www.whonamedit.com/synd.cfm/1095.html) at Who

Named It?
onycholysis especially of
ring and little fingers
Riesman's sign
David
Riesman
endocrinology
thyrotoxicosis
bruit over globe of the eye
Stellwag's sign
Karl Stellwag
endocrinology
von Carion
thyrotoxicosis
infrequent and/or
incomplete blinking,
accompanied by
Dalrymple's sign
Von Graefe
sign
Albrecht von
Graefe
Graves' disease
' lid lag'; immobility of

upper lid on downward
gaze
hypoglycemia
1.symptoms associated
with hypoglycaemia 2.
measured low serum
glucose 3. relief of
symptoms with
administration of glucose
p.o. or iv
endocrinology
Whipple's triad Allen Whipple endocrinology
Rinne test
Heinrich
Adolf Rinne
Brny test
ENT, neurology,
audiometry
systolic heart murmur

similar to pericardial rub
comparison of air
conduction to bone
conduction differentiates
sensorineural from
conductive deafness
hearing impairment
Rinne's test (http://www.whonamedit.com/synd.cfm/2447.html) at Who

Named It?
Robert Brny ENT,neurology
vertigo, vestibular
dysfunction
nystagmus elicited by hot

synd/595 (http://www.whonamedit.com/synd.cfm/595.html) at Who Named It? or cold irrigation of ear
canal
Boas' point
Ismar Isidor
Boas
gastroenterology
gastric ulcer
dermal hyperaesthesia just

left of T12
Boas' sign
Ismar Isidor
Boas
gastroenterology
acute cholecystitis
dermal hyperaesthesia at
inferior angle of R scapula
Courvoisier's
law
Ludwig Georg
gastroenterology
Courvoisier
obstructive jaundice
palpable gall bladder w/

painless jaundice unlikely
to be cholelithiasis
Fox's sign
George Henry
gastroenterology
Fox
haemorrhagic
pancreatitis
ecchymosis of inguinal
ligament (blood tracks
retroperitoneally)
Nardi test
George Nardi gastroenterology
dysfunction of
sphincter of Oddi
administration of
morphine and neostigmine
reproduces sharp LUQ
pain; not in general use
Reynolds'
pentad
B.M.
Reynolds
gastroenterology
ascending
cholangitis
Goodsall's rule
David Henry
Goodsall
gastroenterology, general
surgery
anal fistula
anatomical relationships,
differentiation of fistula
types
Caput medusae Medusa
gastroenterology, surgery
portal hypertension
distended veins radiating

from umbilicus
Sir Benjamin
Collins
Brodie
Brodie, 1st
general medicine, surgery
Trendelenburg
Baronet,
percussion test
Friedrich
Trendelenburg
varicose veins
superficial vein is
percussed proximally; if
impulse is felt over vein
distally, valvular
incompetence is present
Sir Benjamin
Collins
Brodie
Brodie, 1st
general medicine,surgery
Trendelenburg
Baronet,
test
Friedrich
Trendelenburg
varicose veins
identifies level of valvular

incompetence
Ballance's sign
Charles Alfred
general surgery
Ballance
abdominal/splenic
trauma
percussive dullness left

flank, LUQ, percussive
resonance right flank
HanningtonKiff sign
John G.
HanningtonKiff
obturator hernia
absent thigh adductor

reflex with positive
patellar reflex
Rovsing's sign
Niels Thorkild
general surgery
Rovsing
appendicitis
Rovsing's sign (http://www.whonamedit.com/synd.cfm/3126.html) at Who

Named It?
Balbiani rings
EdouardGrard
Balbiani
genetics
RNA transcription
large chromosome puff

synd/601 (http://www.whonamedit.com/synd.cfm/601.html) at Who Named It? indicating site of RNA
transcription
Naegele's rule
Franz Karl
Naegele
gynecology
gestation
Schiller's test
Walter
Schiller
gynecology
cervical cancer
Schiller's test (http://www.whonamedit.com/synd.cfm/2425.html) at Who

Named It?
Auberger's
blood group
Auberger
(patient)
haematology
normal physiology
synd/283 (http://www.whonamedit.com/synd.cfm/283.html) at Who Named It? Aua antigen
Theodor
Rumpel,
RumpelLeede
Carl
sign
Stockbridge
Leede
haematology
capillary fragility
Rumpel-Leede test (http://www.whonamedit.com/synd.cfm/2623.html) at Who petechiae seen after

Named It?
compression by tourniquet
Arneth count
Josef Arneth
haematology, nutrition
folate deficiency
Ashby
technique
Winifred
Ashby
haematology, pathology
haemolysis
general surgery
Reynold's pentad (http://www.whonamedit.com/synd.cfm/2895.html) at Who

Named It?
Charcot's triad +
hypotension and altered
mental state
palpation of LLQ elicits

pain in RLQ
method of estimating due

date
affected areas of cervix
fail to stain brown with
iodine solution
lobulation of neutrophil
nuclei
synd/233 (http://www.whonamedit.com/synd.cfm/233.html) at Who Named It?
agglutination test for

erythrocyte survival
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Letter
Sign
Name
Specialty
Associated
conditions
acute myeloid
leukemia
External link
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Descriptor
Auer rods
John Auer
hematology
cytoplasmic inclusions in
myeloblasts
Bence Jones
protein
Henry Bence
Jones
hematology
Cabot rings
Richard Cabot hematology
lead poisoning,
anaemias
Coombs test
Robin
Coombs
hematology
hemolytic anemia
Mentzer index
William C.
Mentzer Jr.
hematology
microcytic anemia
differentiates iron
deficiency anaemia from
beta thalassaemia
Virchow's triad
Rudolf
Virchow
hematology
etiology of
thrombosis
Hypercoagulability,
Hemodynamic changes
(stasis, turbulence) and
Endothelial
injury/dysfunction
Cruveilhier
Baumgarten
bruit
Jean
Cruveilhier,
Paul Clemens hepatology
von
Baumgarten
Cruveilhier
Baumgarten
disease
bruit around the umbilicus
GamnaFavre
bodies
Carlos
Gamna,
histology
Maurice Favre
lymphogranuloma
venereum
Charles
GandyGamna
Gandy,
histology
nodules
Carlos Gamna
splenomegaly due to
portal hypertension Gandy-Gamna bodies (http://www.whonamedit.com/synd.cfm/3205.html) at
and sickle cell
Who Named It?
disease
small yellow-brown foci in

the spleen
Mellignhoff's
sign
Mellinghoff
hyperbaric medicine
cutaneous
decompression
sickness
coughing or Valsalve
accentuates the venous
markings of an erysipeloid
rash
Coons
fluorescent
antibody
method
Albert Coons
immunology
Abelin reaction Isaak Abelin
infectious disease
syphilis
presence of arsenical antisyphilitic;obsolete
Councilman
body
William
Thomas
Councilman
infectious disease
yellow fever, viral

haemorrhagic fevers
eosinophilic globules in
liver
Faget sign
Jean-Charles
Faget
infectious disease
Yellow fever
Typhoid Fever
tularaemia
brucellosis others
Mantoux test
Charles
Mantoux
infectious disease
tuberculosis
Casoni test
Tomaso
Casoni
infectious disease, tropical

hydatid disease
medicine
Harrison's
groove
Edward
Harrison
internal medicine
Hess test
Alfred Fabian
internal medicine
Hess
Liebermeister's Carl von

internal medicine
rule
Liebermeister
Lisker's sign
internal medicine
Louvel's sign
Osler's node
multiple myeloma
threadlike strands in
erythrocytes
Gamna-Favre bodies (http://www.whonamedit.com/synd.cfm/3203.html) at

Who Named It?
Albert Coons (http://www.nap.edu/readingroom.php?

book=biomems&page=acoons.html) at National Academies Press
Faget's sign (http://www.whonamedit.com/synd.cfm/3753.html) at Who

Named It?
basophilic cytoplasmic
inclusion bodies
detection of antibodies by
fluorescence microscopy
using fluorescein-labelled
antibodies
the unusual constellation

of fever and bradycardia
intradermal protein
derivative diameter of
wheal evaluated
intradermal injection of
hydatid fluid causing
wheal
rickets
Harrison's sulcus (http://www.whonamedit.com/synd.cfm/2437.html) at Who

Named It?
rib deformity at the lower

thorax
capillary fragility
Rumpel-Konchalevskii-Leede phenomenon or sign

appearance of petechiae
after compression of arm
by bandage or blood
pressure cuff
Liebermeister's rule (http://www.whonamedit.com/synd.cfm/3759.html) at

Who Named It?
For each fever degree

Celsius an increase of 8
beats per minute in cardiac
frequency
deep venous
thrombosis
(needed)
tenderness on percussion
of antero-medial tibia
internal medicine
deep venous
thrombosis
(needed)
increased pain along vein

with valsalva; proximal
pressure prevents this
Sir William
Osler
internal medicine
various, including
SBE and SLE
painful red lesions on the

pads of the fingers and
plantar surfaces
Osler's sign
Sir William
Osler
internal medicine
atherosclerosis
falsely elevated bp reading

due to incompressibility of
calcified vessels
Palla's sign
internal medicine
pulmonary
embolism
Peabody's sign
C.N. Peabody internal medicine
deep vein
thrombosis
calf muscle spasm when

raising the affected leg
with the foot extended
Pratt's sign
Gerald H.
Pratt
internal medicine
deep venous
thrombosis
pain elicited by
compression of posterior
calf
Schilling test
Robert F.
Schilling
internal medicine
pernicious anaemia,
coeliac disease,
other malabsorption
disorders
B12 radioassay; rare
Terry's nails
R. Terry
internal medicine
various including
hepatic failure
white 'ground glass'

nails;absence of lunula
Trousseau's
sign of
malignancy
Armand
Trousseau
internal medicine
various
malignancies,
including pancreatic
spontaneous thrombosis of
multiple veins, including
portal circulation
Trousseau's
sign of latent
tetany
Armand
Trousseau
internal medicine,
endocrinology
hypocalcaemia
Pulmonary embolism
(http://www.merck.com/mmpe/print/sec05/ch050/ch050a.html) at Merck
Manual online
Trendelenburg's phenomenon
enlarged right descending

pulmonary artery on chest
x-ray
in hypocalcaemia,
occlusion of brachial
artery induces carpal
spasm
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Charles Emile internal medicine,

Troisier
oncology
Associated
conditions
Various abdominal
malignancies,
especially stomach
cancer
Virchow's node
Rudolf
Virchow
internal medicine,
oncology
Various abdominal
malignancies,
especially stomach
cancer
Widal test
GeorgesFernand
Widal
microbiology
enteric fever
serum agglutination;
obsolete(?)
Addis count
Thomas Addis nephrology
pyelonephritis
quantitative cells and casts

in 24hr. urine
Muehrcke's
lines
Robert C.
Muehrcke
nephrology, oncology
hypoalbuminaemia,
chemotherapy
paired transverse white

lines on nail bed
George
Brewer infarcts Emerson
Brewer
nephrology, pathology
pyelonephritis
dark red wedge shaped

areas on kidney section
resembling infarcts
Abadie's
symptom
Joseph Louis
Irene Jean
Abadie
neurology
tabes dorsalis
absence of pain on
Achilles tendon pressure
Adie pupil
William John
neurology
Adie
ciliary nerve damage
dilated pupil, poorly

reactive but with normal
near accommodation
Argyll
Robertson
pupils
Douglas
Moray Cooper
neurology
Lamb Argyll
Robertson
neurosyphilis[2]
light-near dissociation
Babinski sign
Joseph
Babinski
abnormal plantar
reflex
BastianBruns
sign
Henry
Charlton
neurology
Bastian,
Ludwig Bruns
spinal cord
transection
loss of muscle tone and

reflexes below lesion level
Bekhterev
Jacobsohn
reflex
Vladimir
Bekhterev,
Louis
JacobsohnLask
neurology
pyramidal tract
lesions
stroking dorsal radial skin,

with forearm in supination,
elicits wrist and finger
flexion
Vladimir
Bekhterev
Bekhterev,
Mendel reflex
Kurt Mendel
neurology
pyramidal tract
lesions
toe flexion on percussion

of dorsum of foot
Berger wave
(rhythm)
Hans Berger
neurology
normal physiology
electroencephalographic
alpha wave
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
Biot's
respiration
Camille Biot
neurology
brain stem
herniation
quick shallow respirations

followed by period of
apnea
Brissaud's
reflex
douard
Brissaud
neurology
pyramidal tract
lesions
plantar stimulation elicits

contraction of tensor
fasciae latae
Brudziski
neck sign
Jzef
Brudziski
neurology
meningitis
neck flexion elicits hip and

knee flexion
Brudziski
cheek sign
Jzef
Brudziski
neurology
meningitis
pressure beneath zygoma

elicits flexion of forearm
Brudziski
symphyseal
sign
Jzef
Brudziski
neurology
meningitis
pressure over symphisis

pubis elicits knee, hip
flexion and leg abduction
Brudziski
reflex
Jzef
Brudziski
neurology
meningitis
passive flexion of knee to

abdomen elicits flexion of
contralateral hip and knee
Bruns ataxia
Ludwig Bruns neurology
frontal lobe lesions
difficulty moving feet in

contact with floor,
tendency to fall backwards
Bruns
nystagmus
Ludwig Bruns neurology
cerebellopontine
angle tumor,
vestibular
schwannoma
nystagmus that coarsens in

amplitude on lateral gaze
Chaddock
reflex
Charles
Gilbert
Chaddock
neurology
pyramidal lesions,
corticospinal tract
lesions
extension of big toe with

stimulation of skin over
lateral malleolus
Charcot's triad
Jean-Martin
Charcot
neurology
multiple sclerosis
nystagmus, intention
tremor, staccato speech
Cornell's sign
neurology
pyramidal tract
lesions
Cushing's triad
Harvey
Cushing
neurology
raised intracranial
pressure
Dawson's
fingers
James Walker
neurology
Dawson
multiple sclerosis
Doi's sign
Hitoka Doi
EatonLambert
syndrome
Letter
Sign
Troisier's sign
Name
Specialty
neurology
neurology
External link
Troisier's node or sign (http://www.whonamedit.com/synd.cfm/1815.html) at
Who Named It?
Page 7 of 13
Virchow's node (http://www.whonamedit.com/synd.cfm/1222.html) at Who

Named It?
Kumar SP, Ramasubramanian D (December 2000). "The Babinski signa

reappraisal" (http://www.neurologyindia.com/article.asp?issn=00283886;year=2000;volume=48;issue=4;spage=314;epage=8;aulast=Kumar).
Neurol India 48 (4): 3148. PMID 11146592
(https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/11146592). Retrieved 13 April 2009.
The Babinski sign a reappraisal

(http://www.neurologyindia.com/article.asp?issn=00283886;year=2000;volume=48;issue=4;spage=314;epage=8;aulast=Kumar)
Neurol India 48 (4): 3148.
Descriptor
Enlargement of the left
supraclavicular lymph
node (=Virchow's node)
Enlargement of the left
supraclavicular lymph
node (=Troisier's sign)
dorsiflexion of the hallux

with fanning of the
remaining phalanges upon
soft stimulation of the
lateral plantar surface of
the foot
scratching alongside big

toe extensor tendon elicits
an extensor plantar
response
elevated systolic bp,
bradycardia, irregular
respiration
[1] (http://www.ms-info.net/evo/msmanu/984.3F74149980602) [2]

(http://spinwarp.ucsd.edu/NeuroWeb/Text/br-845.htm)
characteristic fingerlike
appearance of lateral
ventricle on mri, ct, or at
autopsy
reappearance of absent
deep tendon reflexes after
short period of maximal
muscle contraction
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Sign
Name
Specialty
Associated
conditions
ulnar nerve palsy
External link
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Descriptor
Froment's sign
Jules Froment neurology
Gonda's sign
neurology
pyramidal tract
lesions

flexing then suddenly

releasing the 4th toe elicits
an extensor plantar
response
Gordon's sign
Alfred Gordon neurology
pyramidal tract
lesions

squeezing the calf muscle

elicits an extensor plantar
response
William
Gowers' sign[3] Richard
Gowers
neurology
muscular dystrophy
Hoffmann's
sign
Johann
Hoffmann
neurology
corticospinal tract
lesions
Hutchinson's
pupil
Sir Jonathan
Hutchinson
neurology
oculomotor nerve
lesion
Jendrassik
maneuver
Ern
Jendrassik
neurology
hyporeflexia
compares patellar reflex

w/ and w/o distraction
Jolly's test
Friedrich Jolly neurology
myasthenia gravis or
EatonLambert
syndrome
electromyography test
using repeated stimuli to
show fatiguability in
myasthenia
Kernig's sign
Woldemar
Kernig
neurology
meningism,
meningitis,
subarachnoid
haemorrhage
Lhermitte's sign
Jean
Lhermitte
neurology
lesions of cervical
cord dorsal columns
or caudal medulla,
MS, chemotherapy,
Behet's disease
electrical sensation down

the back and into limbs
with neck flexion or
extension
Miller Fisher
test
C. Miller
Fisher
neurology
normal pressure
hydrocephalus
Improvement in cognitive
function after withdrawal
of CSF during lumbar
puncture used to confirm
diagnosis
Moniz sign
Antnio Egas
neurology
Moniz
pyramidal tract
lesions
Myerson's sign
Abraham
Myerson
neurology
Parkinson's disease
Oppenheim's
sign
Hermann
Oppenheim
neurology
pyramidal tract
lesions
Oppenheim's reflex (http://www.whonamedit.com/synd.cfm/1573.html) at

Who Named It?
irritation downward of the

medial tibia causes
dorsiflexion of big toe
Hans Heinrich
Queckenstedt's
Georg
neurology
maneuver
Queckenstedt
spinal stenosis
Queckenstedt's phenomenon
bilateral jugular vein

pressure during lumbar
puncture causes sudden
rise in CSF pressure
Romberg test
Moritz
Heinrich
Romberg
neurology
dorsal column
lesions, cerebllar
lesions, alcohol
intoxication
Romberg's sign (http://www.whonamedit.com/synd.cfm/926.html) at Who

Named It?
inability to maintain
posture with eyes closed
Rossolimo's
sign
Grigory
Ivanovich
Rossolimo
neurology
pyramidal tract
lesions

percussion of the tips of

the toes causes
exaggerated flexion of the
toes
Schaeffer's sign Max Schaeffer neurology
pyramidal tract
lesions
Schffer's reflex (http://www.whonamedit.com/synd.cfm/2546.html) at Who

Named It?
squeezing the Achilles

tendon elicits an extensor
plantar response
Spurling's test
Roy
Glenwood
Spurling
neurology
cervical
radiculopathy
Spurling's manoeuvre and sign

axial compression and

rotation of cervical spine
to the side of symptoms
causes pain
Stransky's sign
neurology
pyramidal tract
lesions

sudden abduction and

release of little toe causes
extensor plantar response
Strmpell's sign
Adolph
Strmpell
neurology
spastic pareses of
the lower extremity
Strmpell's sign I (http://www.whonamedit.com/synd.cfm/1749.html) at Who

Named It?
failure of abrupt passive

flexion of the hip and/or
knee to elicit dorsiflexion
and adduction of foot
Throckmorton's Tom Bentley

neurology
reflex
Throckmorton
pyramidal tract
lesions

pressure over dorsal big

toe MTP joint elicits an
Tinel's sign
Jules Tinel
neuritis,
compression
disorders
'DTP' distal tingling on

percussion
Todd's paresis
Robert
neurology
Bentley Todd
seizure disorders
focal weakness for as

much as 48 hours after
seizure
Trendelenburg's Friedrich
neurology
sign
Trendelenburg
inferior gluteal
palsy, other causes
of hip abductors
weakness
pelvic tilt contralateral to

'stance leg'
Uhthoff's
phenomenon
Wilhelm
Uhthoff
neurology
neurology
multiple sclerosis
patient required to hold

paper between thumb and
palm (against attempt to
withdraw);ability to do so
is assessed
tapping distal phalanx of

3rd or 4th finger elicits
flexion of same in thumb
Hutchinson's pupil (http://www.whonamedit.com/synd.cfm/841.html) at Who
Named It?
dilated pupil on the side of

an intracranial lesion due
to IIIrd nerve compression
hip and knee fully flexed,

synd/2200 (http://www.whonamedit.com/synd.cfm/2200.html) at Who Named
extension of knee elicits
It?
pain and/or opisthotonus

forceful plantar flexion of

the ankle elicits an
inability to resist blinking
when glabella is percussed
Uhthoff's symptom (http://www.whonamedit.com/synd.cfm/3309.html) at Who in neurological

Named It?
symptoms with exercise or
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Sign
Name
Specialty
Associated
conditions
External link
Page 9 of 13
Descriptor
other increase in body
temperature
epilepsy, anatomical Wada's test (http://www.whonamedit.com/synd.cfm/3813.html) at Who

lesions of cerebrum Named It?
short acting barbiturate

injected in internal carotid;
lateralizes language
function
neurology, ENT
vestibular lesions
patient walks in place with

eyes closed;direction of
rotation indicates
vestibular lesion on that
side
Paul Broca
neurology,
neuropsychology
developmental or
other pathology of
various frontal
cortical areas
expressive aphasia
Beevor's sign
Charles
Edward
Beevor
neurology, neurosurgery
spinal trauma at
T10, als,fsmd
caudal movement of navel

on cervical flexion
Macewen's sign
Sir William
Macewen
neurology, neurosurgery
hydrocephalus, brain
abscess
resonance on percussion of
fronto-temporo-parietal
suture
Alexander's law
Gustav
Alexander
neurology, neurosurgery,
ENT
vestibular lesions
describes nystagmus in
vestibular lesions
Bielschowsky's Alfred
lesions of cranial
neurology, ophthalmology
head tilt test
Bielschowsky
nerve IV
Mulder's sign
Jacob D.
Mulder
neurology, podiatry
Morton's neuroma
transverse compression of
the forefoot elicits pain in
the distribution of the
affected nerve
Hoover's sign
(leg paresis)
Charles
Franklin
Hoover
neurology, psychiatry
lower extremity
paresis
differentiates organic from

non-organic etiology
Bernhard
Kayser
Kayser,
Fleischer ring Bruno
Fleischer
CrichtonBrowne sign
Juhn Atsushi
Wada
Wada test
Siegfried
Unterberger test
Unterberger
Broca aphasia
neurology
test for palsy of superior

oblique muscle
Wilson's disease
neurology,gastroenterology (hepatolenticular
degeneration)
ring of brownish copper

deposit at corneo-scleral
junction
Sir James
CrichtonBrowne
neuropsychiatry
'general paresis'
tremor at corners of mouth

and of outer canthus
Stroop test
John Ridley
Stroop
neuropsychology
various, including
ADHD and
schizophrenia
reaction times for

incongruent stimuli (e.g.,
word red printed in blue)
Lasgue's sign
Charles
Lasgue
neurosurgery, orthpaedic
surgery
lumbar disc lesions,

sciatica
better known as straight

leg raise test
Battle's sign
William
Henry Battle
neurosurgery/traumatology basal skull fracture
mastoid ecchymosis
widely variable collar of
dermatitis
characteristically in c3,c4
dermatomes
Casal collar
Gaspar Casal
nutrition
pellagra (niacin
deficiency)
Abderhalden
reaction
Emil
Abderhalden
obstetrics
pregnancy
Apgar score
Virginia
Apgar
obstetrics
Aschheim
Zondek test
Selmar
Aschheim,
Bernhard
Zondek
obstetrics
normal pregnancy
oestral reaction in mouse

injected with pregnant
It?
urine
Braxton Hicks
contraction
John Braxton
Hicks
obstetrics
normal pregnancy
"false labour". sporadic

contractions beginning as
early as mid 1st trimester
Chadwick sign
James Read
Chadwick
obstetrics
pregnancy
cyanosis of vulva, vagina

and cervix
Goodell's sign
William
Goodell
obstetrics
pregnancy
softening of the vaginal

part of the cervix during
the first trimester
Hegar's sign
Ernst Ludwig
obstetrics
Alfred Hegar
normal pregnancy
softening of cervical
isthmus appearin between
4th and 6th weeks
(usually)
Ladin's sign
obstetrics
normal pregnancy
Leopold's
maneuver
Christian
Gerhard
Leopold
obstetrics
Piskaek's sign
Ludwig
Piskaek
obstetrics
normal pregnancy
Karl von
Von BraunBraunFernwald's sign
Fernwald
obstetrics
pregnancy
softening of the uterine

fundus at the site of
implantation at 45 weeks
gestation
Loss of all four alphaglobin genes (total alphathalassemia) leads to
severely anemic stillborn
babies with small amounts
of an abnormal
hemoglobin composed of
four gamma sub-units
(Bart's Hemoglobin)
serum reaction;obsolete
assess health of newborn
Bart
hemoglobin
Barts Hospital Obstetrics, pathology
indicates a specific
cause of death in
some stillborns
LeserTrlat
sign
Edmund
Leser,
Ulysse Trlat
malignant neoplasm
oncology
Casal collar (http://emedicine.com/derm/topic621,htm) at Medscape
(needed)
softening of uterus; similar

to Hegar's sign
Leopold's maneuver (http://www.whonamedit.com/synd.cfm/3225.html) at

Who Named It?
determination of fetal lie
Piskaek's sign (http://www.whonamedit.com/synd.cfm/2780.html) at Who

Named It?
palpable lateral bulge at

tubal-uterine junction;
present at 78 weeks
Leser-Trlat sign (http://www.whonamedit.com/synd.cfm/3211.html) at Who

Named It?
sudden onset of multiple

pruritic seborrheic
keratoses
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Letter
S
Sign
Name
Specialty
Associated
conditions
various abdominal
malignancies
External link
Page 10 of 13
Descriptor
Sister Mary
Sister Mary
Joseph nodule[7] Joseph
Dempsey
(born Julia
Dempsey)
oncology
Codman's
triangle
Ernest
Codman
oncology, orthopaedic
surgery, radiology
osteosarcoma,
Ewing's sarcoma
triangular subperiosteal
growth
Bitot's spots
Pierre Bitt
ophthalmology
vitamin A
deficiency
spots of keratin deposition

in the conjunctiva
Bjerrum
scotoma
Jannik
Peterson
Bjerrum
ophthalmology
glaucoma
comet shaped visual field

defect,extending
temporally from the
physiological blind spot
DahlnFuchs
nodules
Johan Dahln,
ophthalmology
Ernst Fuchs
sympathetic
ophthalmia
Elschnig spots
Anton
Elschnig
ophthalmology
hypertensive
retinopathy
Gunn's sign
Robert
ophthalmology
Marcus Gunn
hypertension
Hirschberg test
Julius
Hirschberg
ophthalmology
strabismus
corneal reflection centred

(-) or not centred (+) on
pupil
Hollenhorst
plaque
Robert
Hollenhorst
ophthalmology
hypertension,
coronary artery
disease, and/or
diabetes
cholesterol embolus(i) of
retinal artery(ies)
Hutchinson's
sign
Sir Jonathan
Hutchinson
ophthalmology
herpes zoster
Koeppe's
nodules
Leonhard
Koeppe
ophthalmology
uveitis
granulomatous nodules at
pupillary margin
Lisch nodule
Karl Lisch
ophthalmology
type I
neurofibromatosis
yellow brown
hamartomata on iris
Salus's sign
Robert Salus
ophthalmology
hypertension
Schirmer's test
Otto Schirmer ophthalmology
keratoconjunctivitis
sicca, as in Sjgren's
syndrome
quantifies lacrimal
secretion
Siegrist streaks
August
Siegrist
malignant
hypertension
hyperpigmented sreaks
parallel to choroidal
vessels
Becker's sign
Otto Heinrich ophthalmology,

Enoch Becker endocrinology
thyrotoxicosis
visible pulsation of retinal

arteries
Boston's sign
Leonard N.
Boston
ophthalmology,
endocrinology
thyrotoxicosis
spasmodic ptosis on
downward gaze
Dalrymple sign
John
Dalrymple
ophthalmology,
endocrinology
thyrotoxicosis
Brushfield
spots
Thomas
Brushfield
ophthalmology, genetics
Downs' syndrome or
non-pathological
Roth's spots
Moritz Roth
ophthalmology, internal
medicine
various, including
SBE and systemic
vasculitides
Marcus Gunn
pupil
severe retinal
Robert
disease, lesion of
ophthalmology, neurology
Marcus Gunn
optic nerve anterior
to chiasm
Apley grind test
Alan Graham
orthopaedic surgery
Apley
meniscal lesions
Comolli's sign
Antonio
Comolli
Orthopaedic surgery
Scapular fracture
"Comolli's sign" (http://medical-dictionary.thefreedictionary.com/Comolli%

27s+sign). The Free Dictionary. Retrieved 29 May 2013.
Destot's sign
orthopaedic surgery
pelvic fracture
ecchymosis superior to
[3]
inguinal ligament, in
(http://www.wheelessonline.com/ortho/inspection_of_patients_w_pelvic_frx)
scrotum or of thigh
McMurray test
Thomas Porter
orthopaedics
McMurray
meniscal tear
McMurray's sign (http://www.whonamedit.com/synd.cfm/3559.html) at Who

Named It?
Simmonds' test
Franklin Adin
orthopaedics
Simmonds
Achilles tendon
rupture
Terry-Thomas
sign
Terry-Thomas Orthopaedics
Scapho-lunate
dissociation
Thomas test
Hugh Owen
Thomas
Orthopaedics
Fixed flexion
deformity of hip
Supine patient flexes one

hip whilst keeping other
leg flat; back arches if
flexion deformity is
present
O'Donoghue's
triad
D.
O'Donoghue
orthopaedics, sports
medicine
knee injury
coincidence of anterior
cruciate injury,medial
collateral injury and
meniscal tear
Lachman
maneuver
John Lachman orthopedic surgery
anterior cruciate
ligament injury
modified anterior drawer

test with knee in less
flexion
Yergason's test
orthopedic surgery
bicipital tendinitis
anterior shoulder pain with

resisted supination of the
forearm
Kanavel's sign
Allen B.
Kanavel
orthopedics, rheumatology
ophthalmology
palpable lymph node in the

umbilicus
granulocytic infiltrate of the uvea
Gunn's sign (http://www.whonamedit.com/synd.cfm/3234.html) at Who

Named It?
Hutchinson's sign 2 (http://www.whonamedit.com/synd.cfm/4126.html) at

Who Named It?
Hypertension (http://emedicine.medscape.com/article/1201779-overview) at
Medscape
AV "nicking" or "nipping"
in hypertensive
retinopathy
lesion on tip of the nose

which can presage ocular
herpes zoster
deflection of retinal veins

at right angle junctions due
to elongation or shortening
of connected arterioles
synd/494 (http://www.whonamedit.com/synd.cfm/494.html) at Who Named It? widened palpebral opening

greyish-white spots at
periphery of iris
retinal haemorrhages with
Roth's spot (http://www.whonamedit.com/synd.cfm/2684.html) at Who Named
pale centres seen at
It?
fundoscopy
Gunn's pupillary phenomenon
Relative pupil dilatation

when light swings to the
affected side
manoeuvres to elicit knee
pain
triangular swelling
corresponding to the
outline of the scapula
knee extended, valgus

stress applied, leg rotated
produces palpable or
audible click
squeezing of calf fails to
produce plantar flexion
Atlas of Signs in Musculoskeletal Radiology

(http://www.gentili.net/signs/23.htm)
http://www.emedicine.com/orthoped/TOPIC97.HTM
Gap between the scaphoid

and lunate bones on AP
wrist radiograph
(1) finger held in slight

flexion, (2) fusiform
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Sign
Name
Specialty
Associated
conditions
tenosynovitis of
flexor digitorum
tendon
DixHallpike
test
Margaret R.
Dix, Charles
Skinner
Hallpike
Otolaryngology
Benign paroxysmal
positional vertigo
Bruit de Roger
Henri-Louis
Roger
paediatric cardiology
ventricular septal
defect
Still's murmur
Sir George
paediatric cardiology
Frederick Still
Waddell's triad J.P. Waddell
Clutton's joints
Comby sign
subaortic stenosis,
small Ventricular
septal defect
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Descriptor
swelling, (3) tenderness
along the flexor tendon
sheath, and (4) pain with
passive extension of the
digit.
Elicitation of extreme
vertigo upon lateral
movement of a patient's
It?
head when lying in a
supine position
loud pansystolic murmur
Still's mmurmur (http://www.whonamedit.com/synd.cfm/1772.html) at Who
Named It?
systolic ejection sound ;

vibratory/musical; best
heard at left lower sternal
border
paediatric trauma
child pedestrian
stuck by motor
vehicle
Head trauma, thoracic

and/or abdominal trauma,
femoral fracture
Henry Hugh
Clutton
paediatrics
congenital syphilis
painless symmetrical
hydrarthroses, particularly
of the knees
Jules Comby
paediatrics
rubeola
whitish patches on gingiva

and buccal mucosa
Epstein's pearls Alois Epstein paediatrics
normal newborn
cystic papules on palate
Forchheimer
spots
Frederick
Forchheimer
paediatrics
rubella
small red spots on the soft

palate
Hatchcock's
sign
paediatrics, infectious
disease
mumps
Barlow's
maneuver
Sir Thomas
Barlow, 1st
Baronet
paediatrics, orthopaedic
surgery
hip dysplasia
dislocation on adduction
of hip
John Cheyne,
CheyneStokes
William
palliative care
respiration
Stokes
respiratory center
damage
fluctuation between
apnoea and tachypnoea
Hippocratic
face
Hippocrates
impending death
Charcot
Leyden
crystals
Jean-Martin
Charcot, Ernst
pathology
Viktor von
Leyden
any disorder
characterized by
eosinophil
proliferation, e.g.
ascariasis
lysophospholipase crystals
in various tissues
Dhle bodies
Karl Gottfried
pathology
Paul Dhle
various including
trauma and
neoplasm
basophilic inclusions in
peripheral cytoplasm of
neutrophils
Hutchinson's
teeth[4]
Sir Jonathan
Hutchinson
pediatrics
congenital syphilis
small, widely spaced

incisors with notched
biting surfaces
Hutchinson's
triad
Sir Jonathan
Hutchinson
pediatrics
congenital syphilis
interstitial keratitis,nerve
deafness, Hutchinson's
teeth
Koplik's spots
Henry Koplik pediatrics
Pastia's sign
Constantin
pediatrics
Chessec Pastia
scarlet fever
Pastia's sign (http://www.whonamedit.com/synd.cfm/3301.html) at Who

Named It?
Ortolani test
Marino
Ortolani
congenital hip
dislocation
Ortolani's sign and test (http://www.whonamedit.com/synd.cfm/3371.html) at palpable clunk on moving

Who Named It?
hip
Albert von
effect of certain
BezoldJarisch
Bezold, Adolf pharmacology, toxicology
reflex
alkaloids
Jarisch
Schober test
Paul Schober
physiatry, rheumatology,
orthopaedics
various disorders of Schober's sign (http://www.whonamedit.com/synd.cfm/4037.html) at Who

lumbar vertebrae
Named It?
quantifies lumbar flexion
Hubscher's
Maneuver
[[]]
Podiatry
Flexible vs rigid
flatfoot deformity
Patient bears weight on

foot. Hallux is dorsiflexed.
If arch is recreated, test is
positive. Indicative of
flexible deformity
Waddell's signs G. Waddell
primary care, psychiatry
chronic pain
Carnett's sign
John Berton
Carnett
primary care, surgery
abdominal mass
and/or pain
Lombard effect
tienne
Lombard
psychiatry
malingering due to
simulated deafness
automatic rise in the

loudness of a person's
voice when they speak in
noise
MacDonald
triad
John M.
MacDonald
psychiatry
sociopathic
personality disorder
eneuresis, firesetting and

animal torture predictive
of future criminal
behaviour
Russell's sign
Gerald Russell psychiatry
bulimia nervosa
scarring of the dorsum of

one hand (contact with
incisors when purging)
Hippocratic
fingers
Hippocrates
chronic hypoxia
clubbing of distal
phalanges
Kveim test
Morten
pulmonary medicine
Ansgar Kveim
sarcoidosis
intradermal injection of
lymphatic extract from
known sufferer; obsolete
palliative care
pediatrics & orthopedics
pulmonary medicine
pulmonology
(needed)
tenderness behind angle of

jaw (typically before
swelling is evident)
measles
lines of confluent
petechiae in skin creases
(associated with
Scarlatiniform rash and
strep pyogenes)
apnea, bradycardia,
hypotension
Template:Jack Test
identify non-organic
sources of low back pain
Am J Med Sci 174 (1927): 579599
supine patient lifts head

from bed; pain
abdominal wall ; pain
intraperitoneal
asthma
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Specialty
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conditions
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Sign
Name
Curschmann
spirals
Heinrich
Curschmann
Descriptor
Dahl's sign
K.V. Dahl
pulmonology
COPD
pigmented calluses on
anterior surface of thighs
(from leaning on elbows)
Hoover's sign
(pulmonary)
Charles
Franklin
Hoover
pulmonology
COPD
inward movement of lower

ribs during inspiration
Mller's
maneuver
Johannes
Peter Mller
pulmonology
collapsed section of
airway
patient attempts to breathe

in with nose and mouth
closed (opposite of
Valsalva maneuver)
Westermark
sign
pulmonology
pulmonary
embolism
Area of oligaemia on chest

x-ray
Schamroth's
window test
Leo
Schamroth
pulmonology, cardiology
chronic hypoxia
identifies clubbing of
distal phalanges
Hampton's
hump
Aubrey Otis
Hampton
pulmonology, radiology
pulmonary embolus Hampton's hump (http://www.whonamedit.com/synd.cfm/3136.html) at Who

with infarct
Named It?
wedge shaped
consolidation at periphery
with base on the pleura
Kerley lines
Peter Kerley
radiology
pulmonary edema
Rigler's sign[6]
Leo George
Rigler
radiology, abdominal
surgery
pneumoperitoneum
Rigler's sign (http://www.whonamedit.com/synd.cfm/3666.html) at Who

Named It?
gas outlines both mucosal

and serosal surfaces of
bowel
Hampton's line
Aubrey Otis
Hampton
radiology,
gastroenterology
peptic ulcer
Hampton's line (http://www.whonamedit.com/synd.cfm/3137.html) at Who

Named It?
line on barium meal

indicating mucosal
oedema associated with
ulcer
SimsHuhner
test
Harry M.
Sims, Max
Huhner
reproductive medicine
infertility
Sims-Huhner test (http://www.whonamedit.com/synd.cfm/2254.html) at Who

Named It?
determination of sperm
count and motility in a
sample taken from the
cervical canal within an
hour of intercourse
Bouchard's
nodes
CharlesJoseph
Bouchard
rheumatology
osteoarthritis
Finkelstein's
test
Harry
Finkelstein
rheumatology
DeQuervain's
tenosynovitis
Gottron's
papules
Heinrich
rheumatology
Adolf Gottron
dermatomyositis
Heberden's
node
William
Heberden
rheumatology
osteoarthritis
same as bouchard's nodes,

but over dip joints
Jones criteria
T. Duckett
Jones
rheumatology
rheumatic fever
criteria used to diagnose

rheumatic fever
Larrey's sign
Dominique
Larrey
rheumatology
sacroiliitis
pain in sacroiliac area on

sitting down on hard chair
Patrick's test
Hugh Talbot
Patrick
rheumatology
sacroiliitis
Patrick's test (http://www.whonamedit.com/synd.cfm/1045.html) at Who

Named It?
external rotation of the hip

causes pain
Yeoman's test
rheumatology
sacroiliitis
(needed)
sacroiliac pain on rotation

of ilium and extension of
hip
Phalen's
maneuver
George S.
Phalen
rheumatology, hand
surgery
carpal tunnel
syndrome
3060 seconds of full

forced flexion of wrist
elicits symptoms
Aschoff body
Karl Albert
Ludwig
Aschoff
rheumatology, pathology
rheumatic fever
foci of interstitial
inflammatiuon in the
myocardium and
elsewhere
Aaron sign
Charles Dettie
surgery
Aaron
appendicitis
epigastric pain with

pressure on McBurney's
point
Blumberg sign
Jacob Moritz
Blumberg
surgery
peritonitis
rebound tenderness
Charcot's triad
Jean-Martin
Charcot
surgery
ascending
cholangitis
jaundice, fever and chills,

RUQ pain
Cullen's sign
Thomas S.
Cullen
surgery
intraabdominal
haemorrhage
ecchymosis around
umbilicus predicts onset of
acute pancreatitis
Dunphy sign
Osborne Joby
surgery
Dunphy
appendicitis
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
Grey Turner's
sign
George Grey
Turner
surgery
retroperitoneal
hemorrhage
flank ecchymosis
John
Howship,
Howship
Moritz
Romberg sign
Heinrich
Romberg
surgery
obturator hernia
Kelly's sign
Howard
surgery
Atwood Kelly
Markle sign
surgery
appendicitis
McBurney's
point
Charles
McBurney
surgery
appendicitis
spiral mucus plugs found

in sputum
bony outgrowths on dorsa

of proximal
interphalangeal joints
Pathologic Basis of Disease (8th Ed), Robbins & Cotran
[4] (http://www.aipge.com/article-704-nested-0-0.html)
Howship's syndrome (http://www.whonamedit.com/synd.cfm/1579.html) at

Who Named It?
Scaling, erythematous
eruption or dusky red
patches over the knuckles,
elbows and knees
increase in abdominal pain

on coughing
pain from an obturator

hernia radiating to knee
visible response of ureter
when touched (means of
identifying same)
(needed)
RLQ pain on dropping

from standing on toes to
heels
2/3 of the way lateral on a
line from umbilicus to
anterior superior iliac
spine (corresponds to
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Descriptor
junction of vermiform
appendix and cecum)
hesitation on inspiration
while gall bladder is
palpated
Murphy's sign
John B.
Murphy
surgery
cholecystitis
Murphy's sign (http://www.whonamedit.com/synd.cfm/2210.html) at Who

Named It?
Sherren's
triangle
James Sherren surgery
appendicitis
area of hyperaesthesia
Sherren's triangle (http://www.whonamedit.com/synd.cfm/1993.html) at Who
over the right lower
Named It?
abdomen
Hamman's sign
Louis
Hamman
thoracic surgery
oesophageal
perforation w/
pneumomediastinum
crepitus in sync w/
heartbeat but not
respiration
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
Homans' sign
John Homans thrombosis
deep venous
thrombosis
knee bent, ankle abruptly

dorsiflexed, popliteal pain
Burton line
Henry Burton toxicology
lead poisoning
Mees' lines
R.A. Mees
arsenic or heavy
metal poisoning
transverse white lines

across the nails
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
toxicology
NEJM 354:e21 5/18/06
blue discolouration of the

gingival border
Dagher
Maneuver
Nabil Dagher trauma surgery
penetrating pelvic
trauma
Kehr's sign
Hans Kehr
ruptured spleen
Romaa's sign
Cecilio
Romaa
tropical medicine
Chagas' disease
Thomas
Winterbottom's
Masterman
tropical medicine
sign
Winterbottom
trypanosomiasis
Murphy's
punch sign
urology
perinephric abscess
Aulus
Celsus signs of
Cornelius
inflammation
Celsus
various
inflammation
1. Rubor (redness) 2.
Tumor (swelling)3. Calor
(heat) 4. Dolor (pain)
Traube's sign
Ludwig
Traube
various
splenomegaly
dull percussion sound over

Traube's space
Bancroft's sign
Joseph
Bancroft
vascular medicine
deep vein
thrombosis
pain on anterior, but not

lateral, compression of calf
Lowenberg's
sign
vascular medicine
deep vein
thrombosis
(needed)
immediate pain on
inflating blood pressure
cuff around calf
Rose's sign
vascular medicine
deep vein
thrombosis
(needed)
Warm, stiff feeling of skin

when affected leg is
pinched
Adson's sign
Alfred
Washington
Adson
vascular surgery
thoracic outlet
syndrome
obliteration of radial pulse

with manoeuvres
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)
John B.
Murphy
trauma surgery
referred pain to L shoulder

Romaa's sign (http://www.whonamedit.com/synd.cfm/3325.html) at Who
Named It?
painless unilateral
periorbital swelling
posterior cervical chain
adenopathy
Murphy's punch (http://www.whonamedit.com/synd.cfm/2209.html) at Who

Named It?
punch tenderness at the

costovertebral angle
Notes
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
if the palmar arch is not present,radial artery stick for blood gases is contraindicated
Goldman, Lee. Goldman's Cecil Medicine (24th ed. ed.). Philadelphia: Elsevier Saunders. p. 2446. ISBN 1437727883.
also called Gowers' manoeuvre
also called Hutchinson's incisors
or Kussmaul respiration
also called the double wall sign
also Sister Mary Joseph sign
See also
Medical eponyms
Pathognomonic
List of medical triads and pentads
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Gerhardt's sign (http://www.whonamedit.com/synd.cfm/112.html) at Who

synd/3355 (http://www.whonamedit.com/synd.cfm/3355.html) at Who Named empty RLQ (retracted

Magnan's sign (http://www.whonamedit.com/synd.cfm/762.html) at Who

mid-diastolic rumble heard

increase in heart rate with

yellow-white spots in the

carotid pulsations with

head nodding in time with

double bruit heard over

William Ewart cardiology

ear crease indicating risk

collapse of distended neck

Graham Steell cardiology

feeling of moving foreign

synd/284 (http://www.whonamedit.com/synd.cfm/284.html) at Who Named It? bulging epigastrium

giant v-wave in seen in

patient clenches fist over

List of eponymously named medical signs - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

aortic arch aneurysm

John D. Shone cardiology

Watson's water Thomas

Mller's sign (http://www.whonamedit.com/synd.cfm/2553.html) at Who

Quincke's capillary pulse (http://www.whonamedit.com/synd.cfm/478.html) at visible pulsation in ungual

J. Suvarna Watson's water hammer pulse

bounding forceful pulse

aortic arch dilatation

Carey Coombs Carey

punctate bleeding when

thickening of skin and

Relief of pain at tumor site

mild shear stress applied to

white or greyish lines on

transverse ridges on nails

heart and/or breath sounds

reagent for presence of

tapping over facial nerve

lid lag of the lower eyelid

Alexis Joffroy endocrinology

Joffroy's sign I (http://www.whonamedit.com/synd.cfm/1544.html) at Who

lack of forehead wrinkling

Rosenbach's test (http://www.whonamedit.com/synd.cfm/40.html) at Who

Dennie's line (http://medical-dictionary.thefreedictionary.com/Dennie's+line) accentuated fold below the

Hutchinson's freckle (http://www.whonamedit.com/synd.cfm/1439.html) at

List of eponymously named medical signs - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Mbius sign (http://medical-dictionary.thefreedictionary.com/M%C3%

Plummer's nail (http://www.whonamedit.com/synd.cfm/1095.html) at Who

bruit over globe of the eye

' lid lag'; immobility of

Whipple's triad Allen Whipple endocrinology

systolic heart murmur

Rinne's test (http://www.whonamedit.com/synd.cfm/2447.html) at Who

Robert Brny ENT,neurology

nystagmus elicited by hot

dermal hyperaesthesia just

palpable gall bladder w/

George Nardi gastroenterology

Caput medusae Medusa

distended veins radiating

identifies level of valvular

percussive dullness left