Common Surgical Signs Flashcards
Pus or fluid in external ear canal seen through otoscopy conducted with the patient blowing against a pinched nose (Tympanic membrane perforation)
Angel sign
Bruising over the mastoid process (mastoid ecchymosis0
Battle sign
Absent or muffled carotid pulse
Berry sign
Pus from mastoiditis escapes into the sternocleidomastoid muscle
Bezold abscess
Blanching of a purple-red middle ear mass with positive pressure during pneumatic otoscopy (Glomus tumor)
Brown sign
Hypertension
Bradycardia
Irregular respiration
Cushing response
Bilateral infection of the submandibular space (Sublingual space, and submylohyoid or submaxillary space)
Ludwig angina
Skin redness overlying the thyroid
Maroni sign
Thinning or loss of the lateral part (outer third) of the eyebrow
Queen Anne Sign
Bilateral black eyes
Racoon eyes
Disappearance of ipsilateral radial pulse when arm is outstretched and the patient looks to the side of the outstretched arm while holding his breath
Adson sign
Neck vein engorgement
Muffled heart sounds
Hypotension
Beck triad
Crunching or rasping sound in synchrony with the heartbeat heard over the precordium in the setting of air in the mediastinum (mediastinal emphysema)
Hamman sign
Facial congestion/cyanosis when arms are elevated over the head as they touch the face. Respiratory distress may also be seen.
Pemberton sign
Pain reflex contraction of the right hip joint
Arapov sign
Referred pain or feeling of distress in epigastriumor precordialregion on continuous firm pressure over the McBurney point
Aaron sign
Constant dullness to percussion in left flank and shifting dullness (upon change in position) to percussion in the right flank
Ballance sign
Sharp pain upon pinching appendix between thumb and iliacus muscle
Bassler sign
Upward movement of umbilicus as patient attempts to raise head from supine position
Beevor sign
Temporarily abdominal wall rebound tenderness
Blumberg sign
Angel sign
Tympanic membrane perforation
Battle sign
Basal skull fractures
Berry sign
Advanced thyroid malignancy encasing carotid
Bezold abscess
Mastoiditis
Brown sign
Glomus tumor
Cushing response
Increased intracranial pressure (late sign)
Ludwig angina
Infected 2nd-3rd mandibular molar teeth
Maroni sign
Hyperthyroidism
Queen Anne sign
Hypothyroidism