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Eponym Signs
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Battle | skull fracture near ear |
| Babinski | abnormal plantar reflex |
| Brudzinski | meningitis |
| Fabere | hip and sacroiliac joint |
| Patrick | hip and sacroiliac joint |
| Homans | DVT |
| Kernig | meningitis |
| Murphy | gallbladder |
| Ortolani | infant hip stability |
| Pfalen | carpal tunnel |
| Tinel | carpal tunnel |
| Trendelenburg | valve incompetence |
| McBurney | appendicitis |
| Nikolsky | skin condition in which the top layers of the skin slip away from the lower layers when slightly rubbed. |
| Musset | condition that results in a rhythmic nodding or bobbing of the head in synchrony with the beating of the heart, in general as a result of aortic insufficiency caused by aortic regurgitation due to aortic valve deficiency |
| Ewart | pericardial effusion |
| Hamman | a crunching, rasping sound, synchronous with the heartbeat, heard over the precordium in spontaneous mediastinal emphysema produced by the heart beating against air-filled tissues |
| D'Espine | pulmonary tuberculosis |
| Sister Joseph | palpable lymph node on navel |
| Cullen | intra-abdominal hemorrhage |
| Grey Turner | retroperitoneal hemorrhage |
| Rovsing | appendicitis |
| Ballance | abdominal or splenic trauma |
| Chadwick | pregnancy |
| Jacquemeier | pregnancy |
| Hegar | pregnancy |
| Romberg | equilibrium |
| Broadbent | adhesive pericarditis |
| Abadie | insensibility to pressure over the tendo achillis |
| Beevor | spinal cord injury |
| Stellwag | Graves disease |
| Allen | arterial supply of the hand |
| Adson | thoracic outlet syndrome |
| Brodie | varicose veins |
| Cozen | tennis elbow |