Eponymous medical signs are medical signs that are named after a person or persons, usually the physicians who first described them, but occasionally named after a famous patient with the signs. In medicine, a sign is a feature of disease as detected by the doctor. ...

A

• Aaron sign — Charles Dettie Aaron
• Abadie's sign — Jean Marie Charles Abadie
• Abadie's symptom — Joseph Louis Irenée Jean Abadie
• Abderhalden reaction — Emil Abderhalden
• Abelin reaction — Isaak Abelin
• Abel's test — Dietrich Abels
• Addis count — Thomas Addis
• Adie pupil — William John Adie
• Adson's sign — Alfred Adson
• Alexander's law
• Allen's test — Edgar Van Nuys Allen
• Apley grind test — Alan Graham Apley
• Argyll Robertson pupils — Douglas Moray Cooper Lamb Argyll Robertson
• Arneth count — Josef Arneth
• Ascheim-Zondek test — Selmar Ascheim, Bernhard Zondek (synd/1834 at Who Named It)
• Aschoff body — Karl Albert Ludwig Aschoff
• Ashby techniques — Winifred Ashby
• Auberger's blood group — Auberger (patient)
• Auenbrugger's sign — Josef Leopold Auenbrugger (synd/284 at Who Named It)
• Auer rods — John Auer
• Auspitz's sign — Heinrich Auspitz
• Austin Flint murmur — Austin Flint
• Australian antigen — Aboriginal patient

Aarons sign is a referred pain felt in the epigastrium upon continuous firm pressure over McBurneys point. ... Abadies sign is Spasm of the Levator Palpebrae Superioris muscle with retraction of the upper lid (so that sclera is visible above cornea) seen in Graves-Basedow disease which, together with exophthalmos causes the bulging eyes appearance. ... Abadies symptom may be elicited during clinical examination. ... The Abderhalden reaction is a now defunct blood test for pregnancy developed by Emil Abderhalden. ... Emil Abderhalden (9 March 1877 - 5 August 1950) was a Swiss biochemist and physiologist. ... The Abelin reaction is a qualitative reaction for demonstrating the presence of arsphenamine and neoarsphenamine in blood and urine. ... In mathematics, Abels test is a method of testing for the convergence of a series and is named after mathematician Neils Abel. ... Thomas Addis (July 27, 1881 - June 4, 1949) was a physician-scientist who made important advances in the understanding of how blood clots. ... Adie syndrome, also Adies syndrome or Holmes-Adies syndrome, is caused by damage to the postganglionic fibers of the parasympathetic innervation of the eye and characterized by a tonically dilated pupil. ... Adsons sign is seen during abduction and external rotation at the shoulder, where there is loss of the radial pulse in the arm. ... Alexanders law is manifested during spontaneous nystagmus in a patient bearing a vestibular lesion. ... In medicine, Allens test, also Allen test, is used to test blood supply to the hand. ... The Apley grind test or Apley test is used to evaluate individuals for problems in the meniscus of the knee. ... Argyll Robertson pupils (“AR pupils”) are bilateral small pupils that constrict when the patient focuses on a near object (they “accommodate” with near vision), but do not constrict when exposed to bright light (they do not “react” to light). ... Douglas Moray Cooper Lamb Argyll Robertson (1837-1909} was a Scottish ophthalmologist and surgeon. ... The Arneth count or Arneth index describes the nucleus of a type of white blood cell called a neutrophil in an attempt to detect disease. ... Selmar Ascheim (October 4, 1878 - 1965) was a German gynecologist who was a native of Berlin. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... Who Named It is a Norwegian database of several thousand eponymous medical signs and the doctors associated with their identification. ... It has been suggested that aschoff bodies be merged into this article or section. ... Karl Albert Ludwig Aschoff (January 10 in Berlin, Germany, 1866 – June 24, 1942 in Freiburg, Germany) was a German physician and pathologist. ... Leopold Auenbrugger (1722-1809) Josef Leopold Auenbrugger or Leopold von Auenbrugg (b. ... Who Named It is a Norwegian database of several thousand eponymous medical signs and the doctors associated with their identification. ... Bone marrow aspirate showing acute myeloid leukemia with Auer rods in several blasts Auer rods can be seen in the leukemic blasts of Acute Myeloid Leukemia. ... Johne Auer (1875-1948) was an American physiologist and pharmacologist. ... Auspitzs sign is the appearance of punctate bleeding spots when psoriasis scales are scraped off. ... Heinrich Auspitz (born 1835 in Nikolsburg, Moravia, died 1886 in Vienna) was an Austrian dermatologist. ... In cardiology, an Austin Flint murmur is detected in cases of severe aortic regurgitation. ... Austin Flint (1812-86) was an American physician, born at Petersham, Mass. ...

B

• Babinski sign — Joseph Babinski
• Baghdad boil — Baghdad
• Bainbridge reflex — Francis Arthur Bainbridge
• Bairnsdale ulcer — Bairnsdale
• Balbiani rings — Edouard-Gérard Balbiani
• Ballance's sign — Charles Alfred Ballance
• Bárány test — Robert Bárány
• Barlow's maneuver — Thomas Barlow (medicine)
• Bart hemoglobin — Barts Hospital
• Bastian-Bruns sign — Henry Charlton Bastian, Ludwig Bruns
• Battle's sign — William Henry Battle
• Beau's lines — Joseph Honoré Simon Beau
• Beck's triad — Claude Schaeffer Beck
• Becker's sign — Otto Heinrich Enoch Becker
• Beevor's sign — Charles Edward Beevor
• Bekhterev-Mendel reflex — Vladimir Bekhterev, Kurt Mendel
• Bence Jones protein — Henry Bence Jones
• Benedict solution — Stanley Rossiter Benedict
• Berger rhythm — Hans Berger
• Bezold-Jarisch reflex — Albert von Bezold, Adolf Jarisch
• Bielschowsky's tilt — Alfred Bielschowsky
• Bing's sign — Paul Robert Bing
• Biot's respiration — C. Biot
• Bitot's spots — Pierre Bitot
• Bjerrum scotoma — Jannik Peterson Bjerrum
• Blumberg sign — Jacob Moritz Blumberg
• Boas' point — Ismar Isidor Boas
• Boas' sign I — Ismar Isidor Boas
• Boas' sign II — Ismar Isidor Boas
• Bodansky unit — Meyer Bodansky
• Bombay blood group — Bombay
• Boston's sign — L.N. Boston
• Bouchard's nodes — Charles-Joseph Bouchard
• Bracht-Wachter bodies — Erich Franz Eugen Bracht, H. Wächter
• Branham's sign — Henry Branham
• Braxton Hicks contraction — John Braxton Hicks
• Brewer infarcts — George Emerson Brewer
• Broadbent inverted sign — William Broadbent
• Brissaud's reflex — Édouard Brissaud
• Broadbent law — William Broadbent
• Broadbent sign — William Broadbent
• Broca aphasia — Paul Broca
• Brodie-Trendelenburg test — Benjamin Collins Brodie, Friedrich Trendelenburg
• Brudzinski sign — Józef Brudziński
• Bruit de Roger — Henri-Louis Roger
• Bruns ataxia — Ludwig Bruns
• Brushfield spots — Thomas Brushfield
• Burton line — Henry Burton

In medicine (neurology), the Babinski reflex or Babinski sign is a reflex that can identify disease of the spinal cord and brain. ... Joseph Jules François Félix Babinski (Józef Franciszek Feliks Babiński) (November 17, 1857–October 29, 1932) was a Polish-French neurologist. ... Leishmaniasis is a disease caused by parasites that belong to the genus Leishmania and is transmitted by the bite of certain species of sand fly, including flies in the genus Lutzomyia in the New World and Phlebotomus in the Old World. ... Baghdad (Arabic: ) is the capital of Iraq and of Baghdad Governorate. ... The Bainbridge reflex is an increase in heart rate due to an increase in the blood pressure of the right atrium. ... Francis Arthur Bainbridge (July 29, 1874 - October 27, 1921) was an English physiologist who was a native of Stockton-on-Tees. ... The Buruli ulcer (also known as the Bairnsdale ulcer) is an infectious disease caused by Mycobacterium ulcerans, from the same family of bacteria which causes tuberculosis and leprosy. ... Bairnsdale, Victoria - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia /**/ @import /skins-1. ... Edouard-Gérard Balbiani (July 31, 1823 - July 25, 1899 was a French embryologist who was born in Port-au-Prince, Haiti. ... Charles Alfred Ballance (1856-1936) was an English surgeon who specialized in the fields of otology and neurotology. ... Robert Bárány Robert Bárány (April 22, 1876 – April 8, 1936) was an Austrian physician of Hungarian-Jewish descent. ... Sir Thomas Barlow (4 November 1845 — 1945) was a British royal physician. ... The King Henry VIII Gate at Barts, which was constructed in 1702. ... Henry Charlton Bastian (born April 26, 1837 in Truro, Cornwall, England; died November 17, 1915 in Chesham Bois, Buckinghamshire) was an English physiologist and neurologist. ... Ludwig Bruns (June 25, 1858 - November 9, 1916) was a German neurologist who was a native of Hannover. ... In medical terminology, Battles sign, also postauricular ecchymosis, is an indication of fracture of the base of the posterior portion of the skull and may suggest underlying brain trauma. ... William Henry Battle (born 1855, died 1936) was an English surgeon and teacher. ... Beaus lines: Deep grooved lines that run from side to side on the fingernail. ... Joseph Honoré Simon Beau (1806–1865) was a French physician, who is famous for his investigations of the physiology of the heart and the lungs. ... Becks triad is comprised of fall in the systolic pressure, rising jugular venous pressure and suppressed heart sounds. ... Dr. Claude Schaeffer Beck (1894-1971) was a pioneer American cardiac surgeon, famous for innovating various cardiac surgery techniques, and performing the first defibrillation in 1947. ... Otto Heinrich Enoch Becker (May 3, 1828 - February 7, 1890) was a German ophthalmologist who was born near Ratzeburg. ... Beevors sign is the movement of the belly button towards the head on flexing the neck. ... Charles Edward Beevor (June 12, 1854- December 5, 1908) was an English neurologist and anatomist who described Beevors sign, the Jaw jerk reflex, and the area of the brain supplied by the anterior choroidal artery. ... Vladimir Bekhterev (January 20, 1857 – December 24, 1927) was a Russian neurophysiologist and psychiatrist who noted the role of the hippocampus in memory around 1900. ... Kurt Mendel (January 27, 1874 - 1946) was a German neurologist who was a native of Berlin. ... Bence Jones proteins are often found in the blood and urine of patients suffering from a malignant disease of the bone marrow. ... Henry Bence Jones (1814 - April 20, 1873), English physician and chemist, was born at Thorington Hall, Suffolk, the son of an officer in the dragoon guards. ... Benedicts Reagent (also called Benedicts solution or Benedicts test) is a reagent named after an American chemist, Stanley Rossiter Benedict. ... Stanley Rossiter Benedict (1884 – 1936) is an American chemist best known for discovering Benedicts reagent, a solution that detects certain sugars. ... Hans Berger was born in May 21, 1873, in Neuses near Coburg, Thuringia, Germany. ... Albert von Bezold (January 7, 1836 - March 2, 1868) was a German physiologist who was born in Ansbach. ... Adolf Jarisch (February 15, 1850 - March 21, 1902) was an Austrian dermatologist who was born in Vienna. ... Alfred Bielschowsky {December 11, 1871 - April 5, 1940) was a German ophthalmologist who was born in Namslau, Niederschlesien. ... Biots respirations, sometimes also called cluster respiration, is an abnormal pattern of breathing characterized by groups of quick, shallow inspirations followed by regular or irregular periods of apnea. ... Bitots spots are located superficially in the conjunctiva, which are oval, triangular or irregular in shape. ... Blumberg sign is indicative of peritonitis. ... Ismar Isidor Boas (March 28, 1858 - March 15, 1938) was a German gastroenterologist who was born in the town of Exin. ... Boas or Boass sign is hyperaesthesia (increased or altered sensitivity) below the right scapula can be a symptom in acute cholecystitis (inflammation of the gallbladder) [1] It is one of many symptoms a medical provider may look for during an Abdominal examination[2] Additionally, it is a right subscapular... Ismar Isidor Boas (March 28, 1858 - March 15, 1938) was a German gastroenterologist who was born in the town of Exin. ... Ismar Isidor Boas (March 28, 1858 - March 15, 1938) was a German gastroenterologist who was born in the town of Exin. ... , “Bombay” redirects here. ... Bostons sign is the spasmodic lowering of the upper eyelid on downward rotation of the eye, indicating exophthalmic goiter. ... Bouchards nodes are seen in the proximal interphalangeal joints. ... Charles-Joseph Bouchard (September 6, 1837 - 1915) was a French pathologist who was born in the department of Haute-Marne. ... The introduction to this article provides insufficient context for those unfamiliar with the subject matter. ... Erich Franz Eugen Bracht (1882-1969) was a German pathologist and gynecologist who was a native of Berlin. ... Braxton Hicks contractions, also known as false labour (British English, false labor in American English) or practice contractions, occur during the second or third trimester of pregnancy. ... John Braxton Hicks (1823–1897) was a 19th century English doctor who specialised in obstetrics. ... Sir William Henry Broadbent, 1st Baronet (January 23, 1835 - July 10, 1907) was an English neurologist who was born in Lindley, West Yorkshire. ... Édouard Brissaud Édouard Brissaud (1852-04-15, Besançon – 1909-12-20) was a French physician and pathologist. ... Sir William Henry Broadbent, 1st Baronet (January 23, 1835 - July 10, 1907) was an English neurologist who was born in Lindley, West Yorkshire. ... Sir William Henry Broadbent, 1st Baronet (January 23, 1835 - July 10, 1907) was an English neurologist who was born in Lindley, West Yorkshire. ... Paul Pierre Broca (June 28, 1824 - July 9, 1880) was a French physician, anatomist and anthropologist. ... Sir Benjamin Collins Brodie, 1st Bart. ... Friedrich Adolf Trendelenburg (November 30, 1802 - January 24, 1872) was a German philosopher and philologist. ... Meningitis is inflammation of the membranes (meninges) covering the brain and the spinal cord. ... Henri-Louis Roger (1809-1891) was a French pediatrician who is largely remembered for his work with cardiological issues. ... Ludwig Bruns (June 25, 1858 - November 9, 1916) was a German neurologist who was a native of Hannover. ... Brushfield spots are small white spots on the periphery of the iris and are a feature of Down syndrome. ... Henry Burton may refer to: Henry Burton (puritan) (1578-1648), English puritan Henry Burton (Conservative politician) (1876–1947), British Conservative MP for Sudbury 1924–1945 Henry Burton (South African politician) (1866–1935), [1], advocate and liberal cabinet minister in the first Union government; Privy Counsellor [2] See also Henry Burton...

C

• Cabot rings — Richard Cabot
• Caput Medusae — Medusa
• Cardarelli's sign
• Carey Coombs murmur — Carey Coombs
• Carnett's test — John Carnett
• Carvallo sign — José Carvallo
• Casal collar — Gaspar Casal
• Casoni test — Tommaso Casoni
• Celsus signs of inflammation — Aulus Cornelius Celsus
• Chaddock reflex — Charles Gilbert Chaddock
• Chadwick sign — James Read Chadwick
• Charcot's triad — Jean-Martin Charcot
• Charcot-Leyden crystals — Jean-Martin Charcot, Ernst Viktor von Leyden
• Cheyne-Stokes respiration — John Cheyne, William Stokes
• Churchill-Cope reflex — Edward Delos Churchill, Oliver Cope
• Chvostek's sign — František Chvostek
• Clark sign — Alonzo Clark
• Claybrook sign — Edwin Claybrook
• Clutton's joints — Henry Hugh Clutton
• Codman's triangle — Ernest Armory Codman
• Comby sign — Jules Comby
• Coombs test — Robin Coombs
• Coons fluorescent antibody method — Albert Coons
• Corrigan pulse — Dominic John Corrigan
• Councilman body — William Councilman
• Courvoisier's law — Ludwig Georg Courvoisier
• Crichton-Browne sign — James Crichton-Browne
• Crowe sign — Samuel Crowe
• Cruveilhier-Baumgarten bruit — Jean Cruveilhier, Paul Clemens von Baumgarten
• Cullen's sign — Thomas Cullen
• Curschmann spirals — Hans Curschmann
• Cushing's triad — Harvey Cushing

Cabot rings are thin, red-violet staining, threadlike strands in the shape of a loop or figure-8 that are found on rare occasions in erythrocytes. ... Caput medusae means dilated veins around the umbilicus. ... Medusa, by Arnold Böcklin (1878) In Greek mythology, Medusa (Greek: Μέδουσα, guardian, protectress[1]) was a monstrous chthonic female character, essentially an extension of an apotropaic mask, gazing upon whom could turn onlookers to stone. ... Cardarellis sign is an abnormal pulsation of the trachea that may be found in patients with a dilation or aneurysm of the aortic arch. ... Carey Franklin Coombs (1879-1932) was an English cardiologist who practiced medicine at Bristol General Hospital. ... An abscess on the skin, showing the redness and swelling characteristic of inflammation. ... Aulus Cornelius Celsus Aulus Cornelius Celsus (25 BC—50) was a Roman encyclopedist and possibly, although not likely, a physician. ... Chaddock reflex is a diagnostic reflex similar to the Babinski reflex. ... 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There are two sets of Charcots triads, both of which are sets of clinical signs relating to quite separate diseases. ... Categories: People stubs | French physicians | 1825 births | 1893 deaths | History of medicine ... Charcot-Leyden crystals are microscopic crystals found in people who have allergic diseases such as asthma or parasitic infections such as parasitic pneumonia or ascariasis. ... Categories: People stubs | French physicians | 1825 births | 1893 deaths | History of medicine ... Ernst Viktor von Leyden (1832-1910) was a German internist and educator. ... Cheyne-Stokes respiration is an abnormality of the pattern of breathing. ... John Cheyne (February 3, 1777, Leith, Scotland - January 31, 1836, Buckinghamshire, England) was a British physician, surgeon and author of monographs on a number of medical topics. ... William Stokes (1 October 1804 - 10 January 1878) was an Irish physician, who was Regius Professor of Physics at the University of Dublin. ... Chvosteks sign (also Weiss sign) refers to an abnormal reaction to the stimulation of the facial nerve. ... František Chvostek (born May 21, 1835 in Mistek, Moravia, died November 16, 1884 in Vienna, Austria) was an Austrian military physician. ... Alonzo Monroe Clark (August 13, 1868 – October 12, 1952) was an American politician who was Governor of Wyoming from 1931 to 1933. ... Henry Hugh Clutton (1850-1909) was a London surgeon who described painless symetrical hydrarthrosis (an accumulation of water in the cavity of a joint), especially of the knee joints: seen in hereditary syphilis. ... Codmans triangle is a term used to describe the triangular area of new subperiosteal bone that is created when a lesion, often a tumour, raises the periosteum away from the bone. ... Jules Comby (1853-1947) was a French pediatrician. ... Coombs test (also known as Coombs test, antiglobulin test or AGT) refers to two clinical blood tests used in hematology and immunology. ... Robert Royston Amos (Robin) Coombs (1921-), British physician and immunologist, co-discoverer of the Coombs test used for testing the presence of antigens (antiglobulins) in Rh disease. ... Dr. Albert Hewett Coons (June 28, 1912 - September 30, 1978) was an American pathologist and immunologist. ... Aortic insufficiency (AI), also known as aortic regurgitation (AR), is the leaking of the aortic valve of the heart that causes blood to flow in the reverse direction during ventricular diastole, from the aorta into the left ventricle. ... A Councilman body, also known as a Councilman hyaline body, is an eosinophilic globule often found in the liver of individuals suffering from yellow fever. ... Courvoisiers law states that in the presence of a palpable gall bladder, jaundice is unlikely to be caused by gall stones. ... James Crichton-Browne (1840-1938) was a British physician; he earned his medical degree at the Royal College in Edinburgh, and spent most of his career at the West Riding Asylum at Wakefield. ... The Crowe sign is the presence of axillary (armpit) freckling in people with neurofibromatosis type I (von Recklinghausens disease). ... Jean Cruveilhier (born 1791 in Limoges, France; died 1874 in Jussac) was a French anatomist. ... Paul Clemens von Baumgarten (born August 28, 1848, Dresden; died 1928, Tubingen) is a German pathologist. ... Cullens sign is blue-black bruising of the area around the umbilicus. ... Thomas Henry Cullen (March 29, 1868 - March 1, 1944) was a United States Representative from New York. ... Curschmanns Spirals are twisted plugs of mucus resulting from increased mucus production in diseases such as bronchial asthma and COPD. Categories: | ... Cushings triad is the triad of hypertension, bradycardia, and Cheyne-Stokes respiration (irregular breathing) in patients with head injuries. ... Harvey Cushing (c. ...

D

• Dahl's sign ([1])
• Dalrymple sign (synd/494 at Who Named It)
• Dance's sign (synd/3355 at Who Named It)
• Darier's sign
• Dawson's fingers ([2] [3])
• De Musset's sign
• Dennie's lines ([4])
• Destot's sign ([5])
• Dix-Hallpike test (synd/3615 at Who Named It)
• Döhle bodies - Karl Gottfried Paul Döhle
• Doi's sign ([6])
• Dunphy sign ([7])
• Duroziez's sign

The introduction to this article provides insufficient context for those unfamiliar with the subject matter. ... Who Named It is a Norwegian database of several thousand eponymous medical signs and the doctors associated with their identification. ... Dances sign is an eponymous medical sign consisting of an investigation of the right lower quadrant of the abdomen for retraction, which can be an indication of intussusception. ... Who Named It is a Norwegian database of several thousand eponymous medical signs and the doctors associated with their identification. ... Dariers sign is a change observed after stroking the skin of a person with systemic mastocytosis or urticaria pigmentosa. ... Dawsons Fingers appearing on an MRI scan Dawsons Fingers is a condition affecting the brain of Multiple Sclerosis victims. ... Aortic insufficiency (AI), also known as aortic regurgitation (AR), is the leaking of the aortic valve of the heart that causes blood to flow in the reverse direction during ventricular diastole, from the aorta into the left ventricle. ... The Dix-Hallpike test (or Nylen-Barany test) is used to identify causes of vertigo. ... Who Named It is a Norwegian database of several thousand eponymous medical signs and the doctors associated with their identification. ... Döhle bodies are light blue-gray, basophilic, leukocyte inclusions located in the peripheral cytoplasm of neutrophils. ... Karl Gottfried Paul Döhle (June 6, 1855 - December 7, 1928) was a German pathologist who was a native of Mühlhausen. ... Aortic insufficiency (AI), also known as aortic regurgitation (AR), is the leaking of the aortic valve of the heart that causes blood to flow in the reverse direction during ventricular diastole, from the aorta into the left ventricle. ...

E

• Elschnig spots — Anton Elschnig
• Epstein's pearls
• Ewart's sign

Anton Elschnig (1863-1939) was an Austrian ophthalmologist, born in Leibnitz. ... Epsteins pearls are small white or yellow cystic papules (1 to 3 mm in size) often seen in the median palatal raphe of the mouth of newborn infants (occur in 65-85% of newborns). ... Ewarts sign is a set of findings on physical examination in people with large collections of fluid around their heart (pericardial effusions). ...

F

• facies Hippocratica
• Finkelstein's test
• Fordyce spots
• Forschimer spots
• Fothergill's sign
• Fox's sign
• Frank's sign
• Friedreich's sign
• Froment's sign

The Hippocratic face (facies Hippocratica in Latin) is the change produced in the countenance by death, or long sickness, excessive evacuations, excessive hunger, and the like. ... Finkelsteins test for DeQuervains tenosynovitis Finkelsteins test is used to diagnose DeQuervains tenosynovitis in people who have wrist pain. ... Example of Fordyces spots on a penis. ... Fothergills sign is a medical sign. ... In medicine, Friedreichs sign is the diastolic collapse of the cervical veins due to adhesion of the pericardium, leading to a dramatic Y descent in jugular venous pressure, and may be seen in constrictive pericarditis with a calcified pericardium, and in tricuspid regurgitation. ... Froments sign tests for palsy of the ulnar nerve, specifically, the action of adductor pollicis. ...

G

• Gallavardin dissociation
• Gandy-Gamma nodules
• Gerhard's sign
• Goetz sign
• Gond's maneuver
• Goodell's sign
• Goodsall's rule
• Gordon's maneuver
• Gottron's papules
• Gowers' sign (Gowers' maneuver) — William Richard Gowers
• Graefe's sign — Friedrich Wilhelm Ernst Albrecht von Graefe
• Graham Steell murmur
• Grey Turner's sign
• Griffith's sign
• Grotton's lesions
• Gunn's sign

In medicine, Goodells sign is an indication of pregnancy. ... Goodsalls rule relates the external opening of an anal fistula to its internal opening. ... X-Ray of the knee in a patient with dermatomyositis. ... Gowers sign is a medical sign that indicates weakness of the proximal muscles, namely those of the lower limb. ... Sir William Richard Gowers (March 20, 1845 - May 4, 1915) was a British neurologist. ... Bostons sign is the spasmodic lowering of the upper eyelid on downward rotation of the eye, indicating exophthalmic goiter. ... Albrecht von Gräfe Friedrich Wilhelm Ernst Albrecht von Graefe (May 22, 1828 - July 20, 1870), German oculist, son of Karl Ferdinand von Gräfe, was born at Berlin. ... Grey Turners sign is said to be present when there is bruising in the flanks of the abdomen secondary to acute haemorragic pancreatitis or any other cause of hemorrhage into the retroperitoneum. ...

H

• Hamman's sign
• Hampton's hump
• Hannington-Kiff sign
• Harrison's groove
• Hatchcock's sign
• Heberden's node
• Hegar's sign
• Hess test
• Hill's sign
• Hippocratic face
• Hippocratic fingers
• Hirschberg test — test for strabismus
• Hoffman's sign
• Hollenhorst plaque
• Holmes-Adie syndrome
• Homan's sign
• Hoover’s sign
• Howship-Romberg sign
• Hutchinson freckle
• Hutchinson pupil
• Hutchinson's sign
• Hutchinson's teeth

Hammans sign A crunching, rasping sound, synchronous with heartbeat, heard over the precordium in spontaneous mediastinal emphysema. ... Hamptons hump, also Hampton hump, is a radiologic sign seen on chest X-rays indicating pulmonary infarction and classically due to pulmonary embolism. ... A horizontal line at the lower margin of the thorax where the diaphragm attaches to the ribs. ... Heberdens nodes are seen in the distal interphalangeal joints. ... Hegars sign is an indication of pregnancy in a human female, specifically the compressibility and softening of the cervical isthmus (the portion of the cervix between the uterus and the vaginal portion of the cervix) and the uterine cervix appearing bluish and engorged. ... Aortic insufficiency (AI), also known as aortic regurgitation (AR), is the leaking of the aortic valve of the heart that causes blood to flow in the reverse direction during ventricular diastole, from the aorta into the left ventricle. ... The Hippocratic face (facies Hippocratica in Latin) is the change produced in the countenance by death, or long sickness, excessive evacuations, excessive hunger, and the like. ... In common parlance, clubbing often refers to an activity wherein a group of people gather at a nightclub. ... Positive Hirschberg sign: the light falls on the centre of the right pupil, but is medial to the centre of the left pupil; therefore, the person in the picture has an exotropia. ... Strabismus (from Greek: στραβισμός strabismos, from στραβίζειν strabizein to squint, from στραβός strabos squinting, squint-eyed[1]) is a condition in which the eyes are not properly aligned with each other. ... In medicine, Hoffmanns sign, also known as the finger flexor reflex, is a finding elicited by a reflex test which verifies the presence or absence of problems in the corticospinal tract. ... The introduction to this article provides insufficient context for those unfamiliar with the subject matter. ... Adie syndrome, also Adies syndrome or Holmes-Adies syndrome, is caused by damage to the postganglionic fibers of the parasympathetic innervation of the eye and characterized by a tonically dilated pupil. ... Homans sign is said to be present when sharp dorsiflexion of the ankle by the examiner elicits sharp pain in the calf. ... Hutchinsons teeth are a sign of congenital syphilis. ...

J

• Janeway lesion — Theodore Caldwell Janeway
• Jendrassik maneuver
• Joffroy sign
• John Thomas sign
• Jolly test
• Jones criteria

Janeway lesions are non-tender, small erythematous or haemorrhagic macules or nodules in the palms or soles, which are pathognomonic of infective endocarditis. ... Theodore C. Janeway was born in New York City. ... Jendrassik maneuver (Erno Jendrassik, Hungarian physician, 1858–1921) is a medical maneuver where the patient flexes both sets of fingers into a hook like form and interlocks those sets of fingers together. ... The John Thomas sign, also known as the Throckmorton sign, is the position of the penis as it relates to pathology on an x-ray of the pelvis. ...

K

• Kanavel's sign
• Kayser-Fleischer ring
• Kehr's sign - Hans Kehr
• Kelly's sign
• Kerley A lines, Kerley B lines, Kerley C lines (synd/3063 at Who Named It)
• Kernig sign (synd/2200 at Who Named It)
• Koebner's phenomenon - Heinrich Koebner
• Koeppe's nodules - Leonhard Koeppe
• Koplik's spots - Henry Koplik
• Korotkoff sounds - Nikolai Korotkov
• Kussmaul breathing a.k.a. Kussmaul's respiration - Adolph Kussmaul
• Kussmaul's sign - Adolph Kussmaul
• Kveim-Siltzbach test

Kayser-Fleischer rings are pigmented rings in the peripheral cornea, resulting from copper deposition in Descemets membrane. ... Kehrs sign is the occurrence of acute pain in the tip of the shoulder due to the presence of blood or other irritants in the peritoneal cavity when a person is lying down and the legs are elevated. ... Hans Kehr (1862-1916) was a German surgeon and professor of surgery at Halberstädt, and later Berlin. ... Kerley lines are a sign seen on chest x-rays with interstitial pulmonary edema. ... In chest radiology, Kerley B lines are a sign seen with interstitial pulmonary edema. ... Kerley lines are a sign seen on chest x-rays with interstitial pulmonary edema. ... Who Named It is a Norwegian database of several thousand eponymous medical signs and the doctors associated with their identification. ... Who Named It is a Norwegian database of several thousand eponymous medical signs and the doctors associated with their identification. ... Heinrich Köbner (1838-1904) The Koebner phenomenon, also called the Koebner response or the isomorphic response, refers to skin lesions appearing on lines of trauma. ... Heinrich Köbner (1838-1904) Heinrich Koebner (December 2, 1838 - 1904) was a German dermatologist. ... Leonhard Koeppe (1884-1969) was a German ophthalmologist. ... Kopliks spots are bluish-white spots seen on the buccal mucosa (mucous membrane of the inside of the cheek) and are pathognomonic of measles. ... Henry Koplik (New York October 28, 1858 - 1927) was an American physician. ... Korotkoff sounds are the sounds that medical personnel listen for when they are taking blood pressure using a non-invasive procedure. ... Nikolai Sergeievich Korotkov (also Korotkoff, Russian: ) (February 26, 1874–March 14, 1920) was a Russian surgeon, a pioneer of 20th century vascular surgery and the inventor of auscultatory technique for blood pressure measurement. ... Kussmaul breathing is the rapid, deep, and labored breathing of people who have acidosis. ... Adolph Kussmaul (1822 - 1902) was a German physician. ... Kussmauls sign is the observation of a jugular venous pressure (JVP, the filling of the jugular vein) that rises with inspiration. ... Adolph Kussmaul (1822 - 1902) was a German physician. ...

L

• Lachman maneuver
• Ladin's sign
• Lancisi's sign
• Lasegue's sign
• Leopold's maneuver (synd/3225 at Who Named It)
• Leser-Trelat sign
• Levine's sign
• Lhermitte's sign — Jean Lhermitte
• Lisch nodules
• Lisker's sign
• Litten's sign (eMedicine)
• Louvel's sign
• Lowenberg's sign (ClevelandClinic)

A Lachman test is a medical test used for examining the ACL (Anterior Cruciate Ligament) in the knee for patients where there is a suspicion of a torn ACL. To do this, lie the patient supine on a bed. ... Obstetrics (from the Latin obstare, to stand by) is the surgical specialty dealing with the care of a woman and her offspring during pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium (the period shortly after birth). ... Lasegues sign is a medical sign that involves straight-leg raising, or SLR. It is of use in diagnosing lumbar disc disorders and tension of the sciatic nerve. ... Who Named It is a Norwegian database of several thousand eponymous medical signs and the doctors associated with their identification. ... The sign of Leser-Trelat, the explosive onset of multiple pruritic seborrheic keratoses, often with an inflammatory base, can be an ominous sign of internal malignancy. ... Levines Sign is a clenched fist held over the chest to describe chest pain. ... Lhermittes Sign is a sign used to help diagnose Multiple Sclerosis and is indicated by electric-like sensations caused by flexing ones neck. ... Jean Lhermitte (January 20, 1877 - 1959) was a French neurologist. ... Lisch nodules are iris hamartomas seen in neurofibromatosis. ... Liskers sign is tenderness when the front, middle (anterior medial) part of the tibia is tapped (percussion). ...

M

• Macewen's sign
• Magnan's sign
• Marcus Gunn pupil
• Marie's sign
• Markle sign
• Mayne's sign
• McBurney's sign
• McConnell's sign
• McDonald's sign
• McMurray test
• Means-Lerman scratch
• Mees' lines
• Mentzer index
• Miller-Fisher test
• Monash sign
• Möbius's sign
• Muehrckle's nails
• Mulder's sign
• Müller's maneuver
• Müller's sign
• Murphy's punch sign
• Murphy's sign
• Myerson's sign

Spot in the skull for testing Macewens sign Macewens sign is a sign used to help to diagnose hydrocephalus (accumulation of excess cerebrospinal fluid) and brain abscesses. ... The pupil dilates instead of constricting when the light moves from the good eye to the bad eye. ... McBurneys point is the name given to the point over the right side of the human abdomen that is one-third of the distance from the ASIS (anterior superior iliac spine) to the umbilicus. ... The McMurray test, also known as the McMurray circumduction test is used to evaluate individuals for tears in the medial meniscus of the knee. ... Mees lines or Aldrich-Mees lines are horizontal lines of discoloration which occur on the nails of the fingers and toes after an episode of poisoning with arsenic or thallium or other heavy metals. ... The Mentzer index is used to differentiate iron deficiency anemia from beta thalassemia. ... Müllers maneuver is performed when you actively try to inspire using your diaphragm but your upper airway is closed. ... Müllers sign is the pulsation or bobbing of the uvula that occurs during systole. ... Murphys punch sign is elicited when gently tapping the area of the back overlying the kidney produces pain in people with an infection around the kidney (perinephric abscess). ... Categories: Possible copyright violations ... tapping between the eyebrows (glabella) induces continual blinking; seen in Parkinsons disease ...

N

• Nagel's rule
• Nardi test
• Nelson's syndrome
• Nikolsky's sign

The Nardi test, also known as the morphine-neostigmine provocation test is a test for dysfunction of the sphincter of Oddi, a valve which divides the biliary tract from the duodenum. ... Wikipedia does not have an article with this exact name. ... Nikolskys sign is a clinical dermatological sign in which blisters spread easily upon application of tension at the base of the lesion. ...

O

• O'Brien's test
• O'Donoghue's triad
• Oliver's sign
• Oppenheim's sign
• Ortolani's sign
• Osborn wave
• Osler's node
• Osler's sign

There are very few or no other articles that link to this one. ... Olivers sign, or the tracheal tug sign, is an abnormal downward movement of the trachea during systole that can indicate a dilation or aneurysm of the aortic arch. ... Osborn waves (also known as camel-hump sign, late delta wave, hathook junction, hypothermic wave, J point wave, K wave, H wave or current of injury) are usually observed on the electrocardiogram of people suffering from hypothermia, though they may also occur in people with high blood levels of calcium... Oslers nodes are red, raised lesions in the finger pads, indicative of the heart disease, subacute bacterial endocarditis. ... Oslers Sign, named in honor of the famous Professor Sir Willima Osler, Professor of Medicine at the Johns Hopkins University- an artificially and falsely elevated blood pressure reading obtained through sphygnomanometry due to arteriosclerotic, calcified vessels which do not physiologically compress with pressure- therefore the blood pressure reading is...

P

• Palla's sign
• Pastia's sign
• Patrick's test
• Pemberton's sign
• Phalen's maneuver
• Piskacek's sign
• Plummer's nail
• Pratt's sign
• Plummer-Vinson syndrome

Patricks test is performed by a health care provider to evaluate people who have low back pain for sacroiliitis. ... Pembertons sign is the development of facial plethora, distended neck and head superficial veins, inspiratory stridor and elevation of the jugular venous pressure (JVP) upon raising of the patients both arms above his/her head simultaneously (Pembertons maneuver). ... Phalens maneuver is a test for carpal tunnel syndrome. ... The Plummer-Vinson syndrome, also called Paterson-Kelly syndrome or sideropenic dysphagia is a disorder linked to severe, long-term iron deficiency anemia, which causes swallowing difficulty (dysphagia) due to web-like membranes of tissue growing in the throat (esophageal webs). ...

Q

• Queckenstedt's maneuver
• Quincke's sign

Queckenstedts maneuver is an outdated clinical test, formerly used for diagnosing spinal stenosis. ... Aortic insufficiency (AI), also known as aortic regurgitation (AR), is the leaking of the aortic valve of the heart that causes blood to flow in the reverse direction during ventricular diastole, from the aorta into the left ventricle. ...

R

• Reynolds' pentad
• Riesman's sign
• Riggler's sign
• Rinne test
• Romana's sign
• Romberg test
• Rosenbach's sign
• Roth’s spots
• Rovsing's sign
• Rumpel-Leede sign
• Russell's sign

Reynolds pentad is a collection of signs and symptoms suggesting the diagnosis of septic (ascending) cholangitis, a serious infection of the biliary system. ... Riglers sign, also known as the double wall sign, is seen on an x-ray of the abdomen when air is present on both sides of the intestine; a Riglers sign is present when air is present on the inside (lumenal side) and the outside (peritoneal side). ... The Rinne test of hearing compares perception of sounds, as transmitted by air or by bone conduction through the mastoid. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... Rombergs test is a neurological test of joint position sense (proprioception). ... Rovsings sign refers to a test for appendicitis. ... Russells sign is a sign defined as scarring on the knuckles or back of the hand due to self-induced vomiting over long periods of time. ...

S

• Salus's sign
• Schafer's maneuver
• Schamroth's window test
• Schilling test
• Schirmer's test
• Schober test
• Shone's complex
• Siegrist streaks
• Sims-Huhner test
• Sister Mary Joseph sign (Sister Joseph Nodule)
• Spurling's test
• Stellwag's sign
• Still's murmur
• Stransky's sign
• Stroop test
• Strümpell's sign
• Susac syndrome

Clubbing is also used to refer to the activity of gathering socially at nightclubs. ... The Schilling test is a medical investigation used in people with vitamin B12 deficiency. ... Schirmers test determines whether the eye produces enough tears to keep it moist. ... Schobers test is a test used in rheumatology to measure the ability of a patient to flex his/her lower back. ... Siegrist streaks are a rare manifestation of hypertensive choroidopathy. ... The Sister Mary Joseph sign, also called Sister Mary Joseph nodule or node, refers to a palpable nodule bulging into the umbilicus as a result of metastatic gastric cancer. ... A benign paediatric heart murmur, also innocent heart murmur or innocent murmur, is an inconsequential sound that originate from the heart and/or cardiovascular system and is heard on cardiac auscultation. ... Demonstration Say the color of these words as fast as you can: According to the Stroop effect, the first set of colors would have had a faster reaction time. ...  RasputinAXP  talk * contribs 17:38, 23 August 2005 (UTC) Categories: Possible copyright violations ...

T

• Terry's nails
• Terry-Thomas's sign — Terry-Thomas
• Thompson's test
• Tinel's sign
• Todd's paresis
• Tolosa-Hunt syndrome
• Traube's sign
• Trendelenburg gait
• Trendelenburg's sign
• Trousseau's sign

Terrys nails is a physical finding in which fingernails and/or toenails appear white with a characteristic ground glass appearance, with no lunula. ... Terry-Thomas (left) and Clive Morton in a scene from Lucky Jim (1957) Terry-Thomas (Thomas Terence Hoare-Stephens) (14 July 1911 - 8 January 1990) was a distinctive British comic actor of the 1950s and 1960s. ... Tinels sign is a way to detect irritated nerves. ... Todds paresis or Todds paralysis (or postictal paresis/paralysis) is focal weakness of part of the body (usually an arm and/or leg on one side) subsequent to a seizure; the term post-ictal refers to after seizure. It is named after Robert Bentley Todd (1809-1860), an... Tolosa-Hunt syndrome is a rare disorder characterized by severe headaches and pain around the sides and back of the eye, along with weakness and paralysis (ophthalmoplegia) of certain eye muscles. ... Traubes (semilunar) space is an anatomic region of some clinical importance. ... The Trendelenberg gait is an abnormal gait caused by weakness of the abductor muscles of the lower limb, gluteus medius and gluteus minimus. ... Trendelenburgs Sign is found in people with weak abductor muscles of the hip. ... Trousseau sign is the name of two distinct phenomena observed in clinical medicine. ...

U

• Uhthoff's phenomenon
• Unterberger's stepping test

Uhthoffs phenomenon is the worsening of neurologic symptoms in multiple sclerosis after periods of exercise and increased body heat. ... The Unterberger test, also Unterbergers test and Unterbergers stepping test, is a test used in otolaryngology to help assess whether a patient has a vestibular pathology. ...

V

• Virchow's triad
• Virchow-Robin spaces
• Volkmann's contracture
• Von Braun-Fernwalds sign
• Von Graefe sign

The following are considered the contributors of Virchows Triad: Alterations in blood flow (hemostasis) Injury to the vascular endothelium Alterations in the constitution of blood (hypercoagulability) The origin of the term Virchows Triad is of historical interest. ... spaces (often only potential) that surround blood vessels for a short distance as they enter the brain; their inner wall is formed by a prolongation of a membrane like the arachnoid, and the outer wall by a continuation of the pia; the intervening channel communicates with the subarachnoid space. ... Volkmanns contrature, also known as Volkmanns ischaemic contracture, is a permanent flexion contracture of the hand at the wrist, resulting in a claw-like deformity of the hand and fingers. ... Von Graefes sign is the immobility or lagging of the upper eyelid on downward rotation of the eye, indicating exophthalmic goiter. ...

W

• Wada test
• Waddell's signs
• Watson's water hammer pulse
• Whipple's triad]
• Wickham's striae
• Widal test
• Winterbottom's sign
• Wolff-Parkinson-White triad
• Wright's maneuver