Signs

Question 1

Chvostek Sign

Answer 1

Facial twitching

Question 2

Trosseau Sign

Answer 2

Carpapedal spams

Question 3

Halo Sign

Answer 3

Ring like clear drainage nose

Question 4

Cullen Sign

Answer 4

Ecchymosis on umbilicus

Question 5

Grey Turner Sign

Answer 5

Ecchymosis on flank area

Question 6

Rovsing Sign

Answer 6

Abdomen rebound tenderness

Question 7

McBurney Sign

Answer 7

Abdominal pain that radiates on umbilicus

Question 8

Obturator Sign

Answer 8

RLQ pain when flexing leg

Question 9

Psoas Sign

Answer 9

RLQ when pain elevating leg

Question 10

Dunphy Sign

Answer 10

RLQ when when coughing

Question 11

Markle Sign

Answer 11

Jarred Landing

RLQ when heel drop test

Question 12

Boas Sign

Answer 12

Pain after fat intake (cholecystitis)

Hyperesthesia felt by the patient to light touch in the right lower scapular region or the right upper quadrant of the abdomen.

Question 13

Murphy Sign

Answer 13

RUQ pain upon deep palpation

Question 14

Papal Sign

Answer 14

Pain in 3 fingers

Question 15

Homan Sign

Answer 15

Calf pain in dorsiflex

Question 16

Russel Sign

Answer 16

Callous on knuckles (due to purging)

Question 17

Galeazzi Sign

Answer 17

Shortened affected leg

Placing the child supine with both hips and knees flexed (Figure 3). An inequality in the height of the knees is a positive Galeazzi sign and usually is caused by hip dislocation or congenital femoral shortening

Question 18

Ortolani Sign

Answer 18

Abnormal clicking of sound during abduction

Question 19

Macewen Sign

Answer 19

Crack pot sound (percussion)

A sign to detect hydrocephalus and brain abscess. Percussion (tapping) on the skull at a particular spot

Question 20

Gower Sign

Answer 20

Weakness of proximal muscle and lower limb

The sign describes a patient that has to use their hands and arms to “walk” up their own body from a squatting position due to lack of hip and thigh muscle strength.

Question 21

Chadwick Sign

Answer 21

Bluish discoloration of cervix

Question 22

Goodell Sign

Answer 22

Softening of cervix

Question 23

Hegar Sign

Answer 23

Softening of uterus

Question 24

Kernig Sign

Answer 24

Inability to straighten the leg when hip is flexed 90°

Question 25

Brudzinski Sign

Answer 25

Hip and knees flex when neck is flex

Question 26

Battle Sign

Answer 26

Ecchymosis behind ears