SIGNS Flashcards
• Chvostek sign (Facial twitching)
• Trosseau sign (Carpopedal spasm)
HYPOCALCEMIA
Halo sign (Ring-like clear drainage from the nose)
CSF LEAK
• Cullen sign (Ecchymosis in umbilicus)
• Grey turner sign (Ecchymosis in flank area)
PANCREATITIS
•Rovsing sign (Abdomen rebound tenderness)
• Mcburney’s sign (Abdomen pan that radiates to umbilicus)
• Obturator sign (RLQ pain when flexing leg)
• Psoa’s sign (RLQ pain when elevating leg)
• Dunphy’s sign (RLQ pain when coughing)
APPENDICITIS
Markle sign (Jarred landing)
PERITONITIS
• Boa’s sign (Right shoulder pain after fat intake)
• Murphy’s sign (RUQ pain uppon deep palpation)
CHOLECYSTITIS
Papal sign (Pain in 3 fingers)
CARPAL TUNNEL SYNDROME
Homan’s Sign (Calf pain during dorsi flexion)
DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS
Russel sign (Callus formation on knuckles)
BULIMIA NERVOSA
• Galleazzi sign (Shortened affected leg)
• Ortolani sign (Abdomen clicking sound during abduction)
CONGENITAL HIP DYSPLASIA
Macewen sign (Crack-pot sound during percussion)
HYDROCEPHALUS
Gower’s sign (Weakness of proximal muscles and lower limbs)
DUCHENNE
• Chadwick’s sign (Bluish discoloration of cervix)
• Hegar’s sign (Softening of the uterus)
• Goodell’s sign (Softening of the cervix)
PROBABLE SIGNS OF PREGNANCY
• Kernig’s sign (Inability to straighten leg when hip is flexed)
• Brudzinski’s sign (Hip and knees flex when neck is flexed)
MENINGITIS
Battle sign (Ecchymosis behind the ears)
BASILAR SKULL FRACTURE
• (+) Trosseau’s sign
• Chvostek’s sign
TETANY
Risus Sardenicus
TETANUS
Spider angioma
LIVER CIRRHOSIS
Butterfly rash
SYSTEMIC LUPUS ERYTHMATOSUS
Chipmunk face
BULIMIA NERVOSA
Leoning face
LEPROSY
Moon face
CUSHING’S DISEASE
Koplik’s spot
MEASLES
Pseudomembrane
DIPTHERIA
• Protrusion of tongue
• Simian crease on palms
DOWN SYNDROME