- Aaron’s sign · Appendicitis → Epigastric distress
- Alder’s sign · Appendicitis in pregnancy → Shifting tenderness
- Cullen’s sign · Ectopic pregnancy → Ecchymosis of umbilicus
· Hemorrhagic Pancreatitis (haemoperitoneum) - Carnett’s sign · Plane of Abdominal Swelling
- Chilaiditi’s sign · Interposition of colon between liver and diaphragm
- Cope’s sign (Psoas sign) · Acute appendicitis
- Cope’s psoas test · Acute appendicitis
- Courvoisier’s sign · Obstructive jaundice → If gall bladder is palpable it is not due to gall stones (Curvoisier’s law)
- Crowe’s sign · Neurofibromatosis Axillary feckling
- DaRLymple sign · Grave’s ophthalmopathy → Retraction of upper eyeLid
- Dance sign · Intussusception Emptiness in right iliac fossa
- Echo sign · Heard over hydatid cyst → Percussion sound resembling an echo
- Ewart’s sign · Pericardial effusion → Dull on percussion at lower angle of left scapula
- Fox sign · Hemorrhagic Pancreatitis → Discoloration near inguinal ligament
- Flush tank sign · Hydronephrosis
- Grey Turner sign · Hemorhagicparicreatitis → Bruising in left flank (flanks TURn Grey)
- Griffith sign · Grave’s ophthalmopatly → Lower lid lag on upward gaze
- Guyon’s sign · Ballottement → Floating kidney
- Homan’s sign · Deep vein thrombosis of calf veins → Pain on sudden dorsiflexion of foot
- Hamilton Bailey sign · Intussusception → Sausage shaped mass
- Hitzelberger’s sign · Acoustic neuroma → Anesthesia of external auditory canal due to compression of facial nerve
- Joffroy’s sign · Grave’s → Absence of wrinkling on forehead
- Kanavel’s sign · Ulnar bursitis → Site of maximum tenderness
- Kehr sign · Splenic rupture → Pain elicited in left shoulder
- Lesar Trelat sign · Internal malignancy of GIT → Sudden appearance & rapid increase in size & number of “seborrhoeic keratosis”
- Mc. Burney’s sign · Appendicitis → Tenderness over Mc.Bumey point
- Murphy’s sign · Cholecystitis
- Moebius sign · Grave’s → Inability to keep eye balls converged
- Mose’s sign · Deep vein thrombosis → Squeezing relaxed calf causes pain
- Prehn’s sign · Epididymo-orchitis → Elevation & support of scrotum relieves pain(not in torsion)
- Puddle sign · Ascites → Small amount (150-500 ml)
- Pemberton’s sign · Retrosternal thyroid
- Pointing sign · Appendicitis → Site of maximum pain
- Panda sign (Raccoon sign) · Trauma/fracture of floor of anterior fossa of skull (black eye)
- Argyll Robertson pupil sign · Neurosyphilis → Light reflex lost accommodation reflex retained
- Banana sign · Arnold-Chiari deformity (Hydrocepalus)
- Bird’s sign · Hydatid disease of lung → Definite zone of dullness
- Boston’s sign · [Von Graefis sign] → Thyrotoxicosis → Lid lag
- Bent inner tube sign · Sigmoid volvulus
- Bird of Prey sign · Barium enema → Sigmoid volvulus
- Carman’s sign · [Meniscus sign] → Gastric ulcer
- Chilaiditis sign · Interposition of colon between liver and diaphragm
- Coiled spring sign · Barium enema → Intussusception
- Colon cut off sign · Appendicular perforation
· Acute pancreatitis - Cupola sign · Pneumoperitoneum → Gas under diaphragm
- Crow foot sign · Mercedes Benz sign, Seagull’s sign → Gall stones
- Claw sign · Ileo-colic intuscesception
- Coffee bean sign · Volvulus of sigmoid colon
- Double bubble sign · Duodenal obstruction (atresia)
- Tinel’s sign · Prognostic indicator of nerve recovery
- Echo sign · Percussion sound heard over hydatid cyst
- ‘E’ sign (Reverse 3 sign) · Coarctation of aorta (barium swallow)
- Figure of 3 Sign · Coarctation of aorta (chest x-ray)
- Frostberg’s sign · Barium study → CA of head of pancreas involving duodenum
- Kanavey’s sign · Acute pancreatitis (kanavel sign = Tenosynovitis)
- Hamman’s sign · Pneumo mediastinitis with esophageal rupture → Precordial crunching
- Kernig’s sign · Meningitis
- String sign of Kantor · Barium enema → Crohn’s disease
- Lemon sign · Arnold Chiari deformity → Scalloping of frontal bones
- Oliver’s sign · Tracheal tug → Aneurysm of aorta
- Omega sign · Sigmoid volulus
- Panda sign · Raccoon sign (Black eye) Trauma, fracture of floor of the anterior fossa of skull
- Rat tail sign · Esophageal carcinoma
- Trail’s sign · Sternal head of sternomastoid muscle will become prominent on the side to which trachea is deviated
- Trousseau’s sign · Hypocalcemia → Carpo pedal spasm
· CA pancreas → Migrating superficial thrombophlebills - Water lily sign · Hydatid cyst of the lung
- Rovsing sign · Acute appendicitis → When left iliac fossa is pressed, pain is felt in right iliac fossa
- Stellwag’s sign · Grave’s → Staring look
- Slip sign · Lipoma
- Suzmann’s sign · Coarctation of aorta
- Von Graefe’s sign · Grave’s → Lagging of upper lid
- Tea pot sign · CSF rhinorrhea
- Jackson sign · Pooling of saliva in pyriform fossa in pyriform cancer fossa
ORTHOPEDICS - Sagging rope sign · Perthe’s disease
- Finger in Ballon sign · Aneurysmal bone cyst
- Brim sign · Page’s disease involving pelvis
- Tripod sign · None paralytic polio
- Sectoral · AVN of femoral head
- Phalen Dickson sign · Spondylolisthesis
- Ludloff sign · Lesser trochanter avulsion
- Kanavel sign · Infection of ulnar bursa
- Martorell sign · Gout
- Aneurysmal sign · TB spine
- Sulcus sign · Inferior disclocation of shoulder
- Wilson sign · Osteo chondritis sign
- Payrs sign · Meniscal sign
- Galleazi/Alli sign · CDH
- Trethovan sign · Slipped capital femoral epiphysis
· Steels metaphyseal blanch sign - Vascular sign of Narath · Posterior dislocation of hip
- Catterall sign · Leg calve perthe disease
- Hot cross bun sign · Rickets
ENT SIGNS - Congenital syphilis · Hennebert sign
- Furuncle of ear · Tragal sign
- Hematoma of pinna · Cauliflower ear, wrestler’s ear
- Diffuse otitis externa · Swimmer’s ear, tropical ear, Singapore ear
- ASOM · Cartwheel appearance, light house sign
- Lateral sinus thrombophlebitis · Hectic type picket fence fever, Delta sign in CT contrast
· Griesenger sign – obstruction of mastoid emissiary veins, Crowbeck sign - Acute mastioditis · Reservoir sign
- Meniere’s disease · Diplacusis, Tullio phenomenon,
· Metz recruitment phenomenon,
· Tumarken crisis (macula destruction-linear balance is lost)
- Otosclerosis · Schwartz sign (flamingo pink TM) Carhart notch
- Glomus tumor · Brown sign, rising sun appearance, Phleps sign on CECT
- Acoustic neuroma · Hitselberger sign
- Exostosis · Surfer’s ear
- Chronic hypertrophic rhinitis · Mulberry turbinate
- Rhinosporidiosis · Mulberry mucosa
- Rhinophyma · Potato nose
- Rhinoscleroma · Hard woody nose
· Russel bodies, Mikulicz cells - Antrochoanal polyp · Crescent sign/ Dot sign
- Frontal mucocele · Egg shell crackling
- Osteomyelitis of frontal sinus · Potts puffy tumor
- Blow out # of orbit · Tear drop appearance
- Nasal # · Pignose deformity
- CSF rhinorrhea · Halo sign, target sign,reservoir sign, double ring sign
- Adenoid cystic carcinoma · Swiss cheese pattern
- Inverted papilloma of Nose · Schnederian papilloma/ Ringert’s tumor
- Nasopharyngeal
Angiofibroma
· Holman Miller sign/ Antral sign on CT frog like facies
- Nasopharyngeal
Carcinoma
· Lhermitte’s sign
- Quinsy · Hot potato voice
- Ludwig angina · Woody feel
- Kawasaki disease · Strawberry tongue
- Wegener’s Gra nulomatosis · Strawberry gingiva
- Zenker’s diverticulum · Boyce sign
- Laryngomalacia · Curled up, omega shaped
· Epiglottis
· Prominent arytenoids
· Floppy aryepiglottic fold
- Acute epiglottitis · Thumb sign on X-ray, rising sun appearance
- Phonesthesia · Key hole appearance (both transverse and interarytenoid)
- TB larynx · Pseudoedema of vocal cords
· Mamillated arytenoids (swollen)
· Turban epiglottis
· Mouse nibbled ulcers
OBSTETRICS
- Chadwick’s sign/ · Bluish hue to the vestibule and
- Jacquemier’s sign · anterior vaginal wall (Jack bluein titanic!)
- Osiander’s sign · Pulsations in the lateral fornix (0 = P)
- Palmer’s sign · Regular rhythmic contractions in uterus → 6 8 weeks
- Piskacek’s sign · Asymmetric growth occurs to the uterus in initial stages of pregnancy due to thelateral implantation of the blastocyst
- Goodell sign · Marked softening of the cervix (good and soft)
- Von F’ernwald’s sign · Irregular softening and enlargement of the uterine F’undus Five (5-8 weeks)
- Hegar sign · An indication of pregnancy. Softening of the lower parts of the uterus enables approximation of vaginal and abdominal fingers in bimanual pelvic examination.
- Ladin’s sign · Softening in the mid line of the sterus anteriorly at the junction of the uterus andcervix (6 weeks gestation)
- McDonald sign · Flexible uterus =8 weeks (McDonalds = flexible price)
- Banana sign /Lemon sign · Ultrasound sign in open spina bifida. Shows abnormal anterior curvature of cerebellum due to the associated ArnoldChiari malformation.
- Blob sign · Mass is separate from the ovary
- Bagel sign (Tubal ring sign) · Ectopic pregnancy → Gestational sac in the adnexa with hyperechoic ring. (also remember salpingitis isthmica nodosa)
- Bishop’s sign · Abdominal ectopic pregnancy
- Interstitial line sign · Interstitial ectopic pregnancy
- Danforth sign · Shoulder pain in ruptured ectopic
- Bathroom sign · Blood in pouch of Douglas → in ruptured ectopic
- Cullen sign · Bluish discoloration of skin around umbilicus. Seen in ruptured ectopic pregnancy
- Stallworthy’s sign · Posterior placenta praevia→ Slowing of fetal heart rate on pressing the head down into the pelvis and prompt. Recovery on release of pressure.
- Kustner’s sign · Sign of placental separation. On pushing the uterus upwards does not move the cord with it (due to the separation)
- Schroder’s sign · Placental separation. Uterus rises up when the separated placenta ispassed downwards
- Robert’s sign · Earliest sign of intrauterine fetal death. X-ray shows presence of gas in the fetal great vessels
- Spalding sign · Sign of intrauterine fetal death. Overlapping of skull bones after fetal death(USG)
- Ball sign · Sign of intrauterine fetal death. X-ray shows crumpled up spine of the fetus
- Double decidual sac sign · USG appearance of intrauterine gestational sac
- T’ sign · USG sign seen in monochromic twins
- USG sign seen in monochromic twins · USG sign seen in dichorionic pregnancies. Due to the chorionic tissue in between the two layers of the membrane between the twins
- Stuck twin sign · Seen in twin to twin transfusion syndrome. Due to the severe oligohydramnios smaller twin is held in a fixed position along the uterine wall. This is called stuck twin sign.
DERMATOLOGY - Hunterian chancre · primary syphilis
- Ollendorf sign · secondary syphilis
- Moth eaten alopecia · secondary syphilis
- Kassowitz law, Pseudoparalysis of parrot, Moons molars, Cluttons joints, sabre tibia · Congenital syphilis
- Esthiomene, Groove sign · LGV
- Onycholysis, oil drop sign, sub unga I hvperkeratosis, Pencil in cup deformity, Munroe microabscesses, Candle grease sign, Grattage test, Ingram regimen
· Psoriasis
- Wickhams striae, Civatte bodies, Koebners phenomenon, Band infiltrate, Pterygium · Lichen Planus
- Christmas fir tree appearance, Herald pattern, Cigarette paper like scales, Collarette of scales · Pityriasis rosea
- Dennie Morgan fold,Head light sign · Atopic dermatitis
- Cradle crap · Infantile seborrheic dermatitis
- Nikolsky sign, Asboe Hansen sign, Row of tombstones, Chicken wire appearance, Fish net appearance · Pemphigus Vulgaris
- Dermatitis Herpetiforrnis · Duhrings disease
- Orentriech sign (Tonsure alopecia) · Trichotillomania
- Plucked chicken skin appearance, Angioid streaks · Psudoxanthoma elasticurn
- Casals necklace, Cravat · Pellagra
- Lesar Trelat sign · Seborrhoeic keratosis
- Nevus of O’ta · O’cular
- Nevus of I’to · I’ntercostal
- Stroke bite, Angels kiss · Salmon patch
- Pautriers micro abscesses, Epidermotropism · Mycosis fungoides
- Crowd sign, Patrick Yesudian sign · Neurofibromatosis
- Shagreen patches, Angiomyolipoma, Periungal fibroma (Koenen tumors), Ash leaf macules · Tuberous sclerosis
SIGNS IN MEDICINE.. How many you remeber 😅