Eponyms

Eponym: Exam Finding; Disease

• Adson's:  Decreased radial pulse c neck turn & breathhold; Thoracic Outlet Syndrom
• Brudzinski's: Forced neck flexion produces hip+knee flexion; Meningitis
• Cheyne-Stokes: Breathing alternates between fast & slow; CNS disease
• Chvostek's:  Facial spasm elicited by tapping facial nerve; Hypocalcemia
• Dance's: Emptiness to palpation in RLQ; Intussusception
• de Musset's: Head bobbing with each systole; Aortic Insufficiency
• Ewart's: Dull to percussion at L scapula; Pericardia Effussion
• Fathergill's: Abdomen more tender with sit up; Muscle strain
• Grey Turner's: Flank ecchymossis; Retroperitoneal bleed
• Hamman's: Crunching sound with each heartbeat; Pneumomediastinum
• Hoffman's: Flicking tip of 3rd finger causes thumb flexion; UMN disease
• Horner's: Ptosis, anhydrosis, miosis; Sympathetic lesion
• Ishihara's: Color blindness cards; Color blindness
• Janeway's: Painless red embolic hand lesions; Endocarditis
• Kussmaul's:  JVD increases with inspiration; Pericardial Tamponade
• Levine's: Clenched fist over chest; MI
• Murphy's: Inspiratory splint with c RUQ pressure; Cholecystitis
• Nikolsky's: Lateral pressure on blister causes extension; Pemphigus, TEN, SSSS..
• Osler's Nodes:  Tender Nodules on palms; Endocarditis
• Phalen's: Prolonged wrist flexion causes median nerve paresthesias; Carpal Tunnel Syndrome
• Pregerson's: Subpatellar bulge c kness flexed; Knee effusion
• Prehn's: Testicle pain relieved by support; Epidymitis
• Psoas: Hip flexion vs resistance increases abdominal pain; Appendicitis
• Quincke's: Nail bed pulsations c pressure; Aortic Insufficiency
• Romberg's:  Falls over with eyes closed; Decreased proprioception
• Rovsing's: LLQ percussion causes RLQ pain; Appendicitis
• Rumpel Leede: Petechiae from capillary lreak after tourniquet or BP cuff; Dengue, RMSF, Scarlatina
• Steinberg: Thumb IP joint can project past ulnar edge of pinky; Marfan's
• Thompson's: Calf squeeze does not cause plantar flexion; Achilles tendon rupture
• Tinel's: Percussion of median nerve at wrist provokes paresthesias; Carpal Tunnel Syndrome
• Traube's: Pistol shot sound at femoral artery; Aoric insufficiency
• Trousseau's: Carpal spasm from BP cuff; Hypocalcemia
• Uhthoff's: Increased body temp causes worsening neuro sx; Multiple sclerosis
  
• Vircow's: Palpable left supraclavicular lymph node; Pancreatic or GI CA
• Von Graefe's: Lid lag with visual tracking from hight to low; Grave's disease
• Walker: 1st and 5th digit encircling other wrist overlap proximal to DIP; Marfan's
• Weber: Tuning fork to mid forehead heard asymmetrically; Hearing deficit
• Yerganson's: Pain and weakness with resisted supination; Biceps Tendonitis