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Spalding's sign. Spalding's sign is a sign used in obstetrics. [1] It is named for Alfred Baker Spalding. [2] [3] It is an indicator of fetal death. [4] When fetal death has occurred loss of alignment and overriding of the bones of cranial vault occur due to shrinkage of cerebrum, [5] abdominal sonar examination may reveal an overriding of the ...
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Milk-rejection sign. Differential diagnosis. breast cancer (possible) The milk-rejection sign is a medical sign in which an infant rejects a nursing mother's milk from a particular breast. It is a marker of possible breast cancer. [1] [2]
The section sign ( ยง) is a typographical character for referencing individually numbered sections of a document; it is frequently used when citing sections of a legal code. [1] It is also known as the section symbol, section mark, double-s, or silcrow. [2] [3] In other languages it may be called the "paragraph symbol" (for example, German ...
Castell's sign. Castell's point. Castell's sign [1] is a medical sign assessed to evaluate splenomegaly and typically part of an abdominal examination. It is an alternative physical examination maneuver to percussion over Traube's space . Splenomegaly, although associated with numerous diseases, remains one of the more elusive physical exam ...
Myerson's sign. Myerson's sign or glabellar tap sign is a clinical physical examination finding in which a patient is unable to resist blinking when tapped repetitively on the glabella, the area above the nose and between the eyebrows. It is often referred to as the glabellar reflex. It is often an early symptom of Parkinson's disease, but can ...
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