Letter |
Sign |
Name |
Field |
Conditions |
External link
(if no internal link) |
A |
Aaron sign |
|
surgery |
appendicitis |
|
A |
Abadie's sign |
|
|
|
|
A |
Abadie's symptom |
|
|
|
|
A |
Abderhalden reaction |
Emil Abderhalden |
obstetrics |
|
|
A |
Abelin reaction |
|
|
|
|
A |
|
Thomas Addis |
|
|
(needed) |
A |
Adie pupil |
|
neurology |
|
|
A |
Adson's sign |
|
|
|
|
A |
Alexander's law |
? |
|
|
|
A |
Allen's test |
Edgar Van Nuys Allen |
vascular surgery |
arterial supply of the hand |
|
A |
Apley grind test |
|
|
|
|
A |
Argyll Robertson pupils |
Douglas Moray Cooper Lamb Argyll Robertson |
neurology |
|
|
A |
Arneth count |
|
|
|
|
A |
|
Selmar Aschheim, Bernhard Zondek |
|
|
synd/1834 at Who Named It |
A |
Aschoff body |
Karl Albert Ludwig Aschoff |
|
|
|
A |
|
|
|
|
(needed) |
A |
|
|
|
|
(needed) |
A |
|
Josef Leopold Auenbrugger |
cardiology |
pericardial effusion |
synd/284 at Who Named It |
A |
Auer rods |
John Auer |
hematology |
acute myeloid leukemia |
|
A |
Auspitz's sign |
Heinrich Auspitz |
|
|
|
A |
Austin Flint murmur |
Austin Flint |
cardiology |
aortic regurgitation |
|
A |
|
|
|
|
(needed) |
B |
Babinski sign |
Joseph Babinski |
neurology |
abnormal plantar reflex |
|
B |
Baghdad boil |
Baghdad |
|
|
|
B |
Bainbridge reflex |
Francis Arthur Bainbridge |
|
|
|
B |
Bairnsdale ulcer |
Bairnsdale |
|
|
|
B |
|
Edouard-Gérard Balbiani |
|
|
(needed) |
B |
|
Charles Alfred Ballance |
|
|
(needed) |
B |
|
Robert Bárány |
|
|
(needed) |
B |
|
Thomas Barlow (medicine) |
|
|
(needed) |
B |
Bart hemoglobin |
Barts Hospital |
|
|
(needed) |
B |
|
Henry Charlton Bastian, Ludwig Bruns |
|
|
(needed) |
B |
Battle's sign |
William Henry Battle |
neurosurgery/traumatology |
basilar skull fracture |
|
B |
Beau's lines |
Joseph Honoré Simon Beau |
|
|
|
B |
Beck's triad |
Claude Schaeffer Beck |
|
|
|
B |
|
Otto Heinrich Enoch Becker |
|
|
(needed) |
B |
Beevor's sign |
Charles Edward Beevor |
|
|
|
B |
|
Vladimir Bekhterev, Kurt Mendel |
|
|
(needed) |
B |
Bence Jones protein |
Henry Bence Jones |
hematology |
multiple myeloma |
|
B |
Benedict solution |
Stanley Rossiter Benedict |
|
|
|
B |
|
Hans Berger |
|
|
(needed) |
B |
|
Albert von Bezold, Adolf Jarisch |
|
|
(needed) |
B |
|
Alfred Bielschowsky |
|
|
(needed) |
B |
|
|
|
|
(needed) |
B |
Biot's respiration |
|
pulmonology |
|
|
B |
Bitot's spots |
|
ophthalmology |
vitamin A deficiency |
|
B |
|
|
|
|
(needed) |
B |
Blumberg sign |
|
|
|
|
B |
|
Ismar Isidor Boas |
|
|
(needed) |
B |
Boas' sign I |
Ismar Isidor Boas |
|
|
|
B |
|
Ismar Isidor Boas |
|
|
(needed) |
B |
|
|
|
|
(needed) |
B |
|
Bombay |
hematology |
blood group |
|
B |
Boston's sign |
|
|
|
|
B |
Bouchard's nodes |
Charles-Joseph Bouchard |
rheumatology |
osteoarthritis |
|
B |
Bracht-Wachter bodies |
Erich Franz Eugen Bracht, |
|
|
|
B |
|
|
|
|
(needed) |
B |
Braxton Hicks contraction |
John Braxton Hicks |
obstetrics |
normal pregnancy |
|
B |
|
|
|
|
(needed) |
B |
|
William Broadbent |
|
|
(needed) |
B |
|
Édouard Brissaud |
|
|
(needed) |
B |
|
William Broadbent |
|
|
(needed) |
B |
|
William Broadbent |
|
|
(needed) |
B |
Broca aphasia |
Paul Broca |
neurology |
|
|
B |
|
Benjamin Collins Brodie, Friedrich Trendelenburg |
|
|
|
B |
Brudzinski sign |
|
neurology |
meningitis |
|
B |
|
Henri-Louis Roger |
|
|
(needed) |
B |
|
Ludwig Bruns |
|
|
(needed) |
B |
Brushfield spots |
|
|
|
|
B |
|
Henry Burton |
toxicology |
lead poisoning |
|
C |
Cabot rings |
|
hematology |
lead poisoning, anaemias |
|
C |
Caput medusae |
Medusa |
|
|
|
C |
Cardarelli's sign |
? |
|
|
|
C |
|
Carey Coombs |
|
|
(needed) |
C |
|
|
|
|
(needed) |
C |
|
|
|
|
(needed) |
C |
|
|
|
|
(needed) |
C |
|
|
|
|
(needed) |
C |
Celsus signs of inflammation |
Aulus Cornelius Celsus |
|
inflammation |
|
C |
Chaddock reflex |
|
|
|
|
C |
Chadwick sign |
|
obstetrics |
|
|
C |
Charcot's triad |
Jean-Martin Charcot |
surgery |
ascending cholangitis |
|
C |
Charcot-Leyden crystals |
Jean-Martin Charcot, Ernst Viktor von Leyden |
|
|
|
C |
Cheyne-Stokes respiration |
John Cheyne, William Stokes |
palliative care |
|
|
C |
|
, |
|
|
(needed) |
C |
Chvostek's sign |
František Chvostek |
endocrinology |
hypocalcemia |
|
C |
|
Alonzo Clark |
|
|
(needed) |
C |
|
|
|
|
(needed) |
C |
|
Henry Hugh Clutton |
|
|
(needed) |
C |
Codman's triangle |
|
|
|
|
C |
|
Jules Comby |
|
|
(needed) |
C |
Coombs test |
Robin Coombs |
hematology |
hemolytic anemia |
|
C |
|
Albert Coons |
|
|
(needed) |
C |
Corrigan pulse |
|
cardiology |
aortic regurgitation |
|
C |
Councilman body |
|
|
|
|
C |
Courvoisier's law |
|
gastroenterology |
pancreatic cancer |
|
C |
|
James Crichton-Browne |
|
|
(needed) |
C |
Crowe sign |
|
|
|
|
C |
|
Jean Cruveilhier, Paul Clemens von Baumgarten |
|
|
(needed) |
C |
Cullen's sign |
Thomas Cullen |
surgery |
intraabdominal hemorrhage |
|
C |
Curschmann spirals |
|
|
|
|
C |
Cushing's triad |
Harvey Cushing |
neurology |
raised intracranial pressure |
|
D |
|
? |
|
|
[1] |
D |
Dalrymple sign |
? |
|
|
synd/494 at Who Named It |
D |
Dance's sign |
? |
|
|
synd/3355 at Who Named It |
D |
Darier's sign |
? |
|
|
|
D |
Dawson's fingers |
? |
|
|
[2] [3] |
D |
De Musset's sign |
? |
cardiology |
aortic regurgitation |
|
D |
|
? |
|
|
([4]) |
D |
|
? |
|
|
[5] |
D |
Dix-Hallpike test |
? |
|
|
synd/3615 at Who Named It |
D |
Döhle bodies - |
Karl Gottfried Paul Döhle |
|
|
|
D |
|
? |
|
|
[6] |
D |
|
? |
|
|
[7] |
D |
Duroziez's sign |
? |
cardiology |
aortic regurgitation |
|
E |
|
Anton Elschnig |
ophthalmology |
hypertensive retinopathy |
|
E |
Epstein's pearls |
? |
|
|
|
E |
Ewart's sign |
? |
|
pericardial effusion |
|
F |
Finkelstein's test |
Harry Finkelstein |
rheumatology |
DeQuervain's tenosynovitis |
|
F |
Fordyce spots |
? |
|
|
|
F |
|
? |
|
|
(needed) |
F |
Fothergill's sign |
? |
|
|
|
F |
|
? |
|
|
(needed) |
F |
|
? |
|
|
(needed) |
F |
Friedreich's sign |
? |
|
|
|
F |
Froment's sign |
? |
neurology |
ulnar nerve palsy |
|
G |
|
? |
|
|
(needed) |
G |
|
? |
|
|
(needed) |
G |
|
? |
|
|
(needed) |
G |
|
? |
|
|
(needed) |
G |
|
? |
|
|
(needed) |
G |
Goodell's sign |
? |
obstetrics |
|
|
G |
Goodsall's rule |
? |
|
|
|
G |
|
? |
|
|
(needed) |
G |
Gottron's papules |
? |
rheumatology |
dermatomyositis |
|
G |
Gowers' sign (Gowers' maneuver) |
William Richard Gowers |
neurology |
muscular dystrophy |
|
G |
Graefe's sign |
Albrecht von Gräfe |
endocrinology/ophthalmology |
Graves disease |
|
G |
Graham Steell murmur |
? |
|
|
(needed) |
G |
Grey Turner's sign |
? |
surgery |
retroperitoneal hemorrhage |
|
G |
|
? |
|
|
(needed) |
G |
|
? |
|
|
(needed) |
G |
|
? |
|
|
(needed) |
H |
Hamman's sign |
? |
|
|
|
H |
Hampton's hump |
? |
|
|
|
H |
|
? |
|
|
(needed) |
H |
Harrison's groove |
? |
|
|
|
H |
|
? |
|
|
(needed) |
H |
Heberden's node |
William Heberden |
rheumatology |
osteoarthritis |
|
H |
Hegar's sign |
Ernst Ludwig Alfred Hegar |
|
|
|
H |
|
? |
|
|
(needed) |
H |
Hill's sign |
? |
|
|
|
H |
Hippocratic face |
Hippocrates |
palliative care |
impending death |
|
H |
Hippocratic fingers |
Hippocrates |
pulmonary medicine |
clubbing |
|
H |
Hirschberg test |
Julius Hirschberg |
|
test for strabismus |
|
H |
Hoffman's sign |
? |
neurology |
|
|
H |
Hollenhorst plaque |
? |
|
|
|
H |
Holmes-Adie syndrome |
? |
|
|
|
H |
Homan's sign |
? |
|
deep vein thrombosis |
|
H |
Hoover's sign |
? |
|
|
(needed) |
H |
|
? |
|
|
(needed) |
H |
|
? |
|
|
(needed) |
H |
|
? |
|
|
(needed) |
H |
|
? |
|
|
(needed) |
H |
Hutchinson's teeth |
? |
pediatrics |
congenital syphilis |
|
J |
Janeway lesion |
Theodore Caldwell Janeway |
cardiology |
infective endocarditis |
|
J |
Jendrassik maneuver |
Ernő Jendrassik |
neurology |
hyporeflexia |
|
J |
|
? |
|
|
|
J |
John Thomas sign |
? |
|
|
(needed) |
J |
|
? |
|
|
(needed) |
J |
|
? |
|
|
(needed) |
K |
|
? |
|
|
(needed) |
K |
Kayser-Fleischer ring |
? |
neurology & gastroenterology |
Wilson's disease |
|
K |
Kehr's sign |
Hans Kehr |
|
ruptured spleen |
|
K |
|
? |
|
|
(needed) |
K |
Kerley lines |
Peter Kerley |
radiology |
pulmonary edema |
|
K |
|
? |
|
|
synd/2200 at Who Named It |
K |
Koebner's phenomenon |
Heinrich Koebner |
dermatology |
various conditions |
|
K |
|
Leonhard Koeppe |
ophthalmology |
uveitis |
|
K |
Koplik's spots |
Henry Koplik |
pediaterics |
measles |
|
K |
Korotkoff sounds |
Nikolai Korotkov |
cardiology |
sphygmomanometry |
|
K |
Kussmaul breathing or respiration |
Adolph Kussmaul |
endocrinology |
metabolic acidosis |
|
K |
Kussmaul's sign |
Adolph Kussmaul |
cardiology |
pericardial effusion |
|
K |
Kveim test |
Morten Ansgar Kveim |
pulmonary medicine |
sarcoidosis |
|
L |
Lachman maneuver |
John Lachman |
orthopedic surgery |
injury |
|
L |
Ladin's sign |
? |
obstetrics |
|
|
L |
|
? |
|
|
|
L |
Lasègue's sign |
Charles Lasègue |
neurology |
|
|
L |
Leopold's maneuver |
? |
obstetrics |
|
synd/3225 at Who Named It |
L |
Leser-Trelat sign |
? |
|
|
|
L |
Levine's sign |
? |
|
|
|
L |
Lhermitte's sign |
Jean Lhermitte |
neurology |
|
|
L |
Lisch nodule |
? |
|
|
|
L |
Lisker's sign |
? |
|
deep venous thrombosis |
|
L |
|
? |
cardiology |
infective endocarditis |
eMedicine |
L |
|
? |
|
|
(needed) |
L |
|
? |
|
deep vein thrombosis |
|
M |
Macewen's sign |
? |
|
|
|
M |
|
? |
|
|
(needed) |
M |
Marcus Gunn pupil |
? |
neurology |
|
|
M |
|
? |
|
|
(needed) |
M |
|
? |
|
|
(needed) |
M |
|
? |
|
|
(needed) |
M |
McBurney's point |
? |
surgery |
appendicitis |
|
M |
McConnell's sign |
? |
cardiology |
pulmonary embolus |
(needed) |
M |
|
? |
|
|
(needed) |
M |
McMurray test |
? |
|
|
|
M |
|
? |
|
|
(needed) |
M |
Mees' lines |
R.A. Mees |
toxicology |
arsenic or heavy metal poisoning |
|
M |
Mentzer index |
? |
hematology |
microcytic anemia |
|
M |
|
? |
|
|
(needed) |
M |
|
? |
|
|
(needed) |
M |
|
? |
|
|
(needed) |
M |
|
? |
|
|
(needed) |
M |
Mulder's sign |
? |
|
|
(needed) |
M |
Müller's maneuver |
? |
|
|
|
M |
Müller's sign |
? |
|
|
|
M |
Murphy's punch sign |
? |
|
|
|
M |
Murphy's sign |
? |
surgery |
cholecystitis |
|
M |
Myerson's sign |
? |
neurology |
Parkinson's disease |
|
N |
|
? |
gynecology |
gestation |
|
N |
Nardi test |
? |
gastroenterology |
|
|
N |
Nelson's syndrome |
? |
endocrinology |
pituitary adenoma |
|
N |
Nikolsky's sign |
? |
dermatology |
|
|
O |
|
? |
|
|
(needed) |
O |
O'Donoghue's triad |
? |
|
knee injury |
|
O |
Oliver's sign |
? |
|
|
|
O |
|
? |
|
|
(needed) |
O |
|
? |
|
|
|
O |
Osborn wave |
? |
|
|
(needed) |
O |
Osler's node |
William Osler |
|
|
|
O |
Osler's sign |
William Osler |
|
|
|
P |
|
? |
|
|
(needed) |
P |
|
? |
|
|
(needed) (Associated with and strep pyogenes) |
P |
Patrick's test |
? |
|
sacroiliitis |
|
P |
Pemberton's sign |
? |
|
|
|
P |
Phalen's maneuver |
? |
|
|
|
P |
|
? |
|
|
(needed) |
P |
|
? |
|
|
(needed) |
P |
|
? |
|
|
(needed) |
P |
Plummer-Vinson syndrome |
? |
|
iron deficiency anemia |
|
Q |
Queckenstedt's maneuver |
? |
|
spinal stenosis |
|
Q |
Quincke's sign |
? |
|
|
|
R |
Reynolds' pentad |
? |
|
ascending cholangitis |
|
R |
|
? |
|
|
(needed) |
R |
Rigler's sign |
? |
|
|
|
R |
Rinne test |
? |
|
|
|
R |
Romana's sign |
? |
|
Chagas' disease |
|
R |
Romberg test |
? |
|
|
|
R |
|
? |
|
|
(needed) |
R |
Roth's spots |
? |
|
|
(needed) |
R |
Rovsing's sign |
? |
|
appendicitis |
|
R |
|
? |
|
|
(needed) |
R |
Russell's sign |
? |
|
|
|
S |
|
? |
|
|
(needed) |
S |
|
? |
|
|
(needed) |
S |
Schamroth's window test |
? |
|
|
|
S |
Schilling test |
? |
|
|
|
S |
Schirmer's test |
? |
|
|
|
S |
Schober test |
? |
ankylosing spondylitis |
|
|
S |
|
? |
|
|
(needed) |
S |
Siegrist streaks |
? |
|
|
|
S |
|
? |
|
|
(needed) |
S |
Sister Mary Joseph sign (Sister Joseph Nodule) |
? |
oncology |
gastric cancer |
|
S |
|
? |
|
|
(needed) |
S |
Stellwag's sign |
? |
|
|
(needed) |
S |
Still's murmur |
? |
cardiology |
|
|
S |
|
? |
|
|
(needed) |
S |
Stroop test |
? |
|
|
|
S |
|
? |
|
|
(needed) |
S |
Susac's syndrome |
John Susac |
|
|
|
T |
Terry's nails |
? |
neurology |
liver disease, others |
|
T |
|
Terry-Thomas |
|
|
(needed) |
T |
|
? |
|
|
(needed) |
T |
Tinel's sign |
? |
neurology |
|
|
T |
Todd's paresis |
Robert Bentley Todd |
neurology |
seizures |
|
T |
Tolosa-Hunt syndrome |
? |
|
|
|
T |
Traube's sign |
? |
|
|
|
T |
Trendelenburg gait |
Friedrich Trendelenburg |
neurology |
|
|
T |
Trendelenburg's sign |
Friedrich Trendelenburg |
neurology |
|
|
T |
Trousseau's sign |
Armand Trousseau |
|
|
|
U |
Uhthoff's phenomenon |
? |
neurology |
multiple sclerosis |
|
U |
Unterberger test |
? |
neurology |
|
|
V |
Virchow's triad |
Rudolf Virchow |
hematology |
etiology of thrombosis |
|
V |
Virchow-Robin spaces |
? |
|
|
|
V |
Volkmann's contracture |
Richard von Volkmann |
|
|
|
V |
|
? |
|
|
(needed) |
V |
Von Graefe sign |
? |
|
goiter |
|
W |
Wada test |
? |
neurology |
|
|
W |
Waddell's signs |
? |
|
|
|
W |
|
? |
pediatric trauma |
Pedestrian stuck by motor vehicle |
|
W |
Watson's water hammer pulse |
? |
|
|
|
W |
Whipple's triad |
Allen Whipple |
endocrinology |
hypoglycemia |
|
W |
|
? |
dermatology |
lichen planus |
|
W |
Widal test |
Georges-Fernand Widal |
|
salmonella |
|
W |
Winterbottom's sign |
? |
|
trypanosomiasis |
|
W |
|
? |
|
|
(needed) |
W |
|
? |
|
|
(needed) |