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WHY NOT LETS POOL VARIOUS SIGNS IN ENT INTO THIS THREAD.
LET ME START WITH :
WOODS SIGN----- palpable jugulodigastric lymphnodes
LIGHT HOUSE SIGN--- seeping out of secretions in acute otitis media

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WHAT IS
1 BROWN SIGN
2.FURSTENBERGERS SIGN
3.BOYCE SIGN
4.MILIAN'S EAR SIGN
5.STANKIEWICK'S SIGN
6.BOCCA'S SIGN
7.PHELP'S SIGN
8.LYRE'S SIGN
9.SHWARTZ SIGN
10. HITZELBERGER'S SIGN
11.DODD'S SIGN,CRESCENT SIGN
12.HONDOUSA SIGN
13.HOLMAN MILLER SIGN, ANTRAL SIGN
14.BATTLE SIGN
15.RACCOON SIGN
16.HENNEBERT SIGN
17.STEEPLE SIGN
16.THUMB SIGN
17.IRWIN MOORE’S SIGN
18.CHOVSTEK SIGN
19 TROUSSEAU SIGN
20.TRAGUS SIGN

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* irwin moore's sign-------- positive sueeze test in chronic tonsillitis

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FURSTENBERGERS SIGN-This is seen when nasopharyngeal cyst is communicating intracranially,there is enlargement of the cyst on crying and upon compression of jugular vein..

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yes bravo you are right about Furstenberger's sign it is what given in Scot-Brown.

actually it is classically described in Meningo encephalocoele as enlargement of cyst on compression of Jugular vein.

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HOLMAN MILLER SIGN, ANTRAL SIGN-

it is seen in angiofibroma,the tumor pushes forward on the posterior wall of the maxillary sinus..

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i knew of nothing else plzz help.......

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battle sign- head injury- mastoid area discoloration becoz of bleed

milian ear sign- to differentiate cellulitis from erysipelas; +ve in erysepelas

raccon eye sign- intra orbital haemorrhage coz of trauma

steeple sign-? epiglottitis on x-ray

shwartze sign-? flamingo pink sign- other name- otosclerosis

browns sign- glomus jugulare?

chovsteks, trosseau- hypocalcemia- hypo parathyroid

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Battle sign- Bruising behind ear at mastoid region, due to petrous temporal bone #(middle fossa #)

Milian's ear sign- Erysipelas can spread to pinna(cuticular affection), where as cellulitis cannot.

Raccoon sign-Indicate subgaleal hemorrhage,and not necessarly base of skull #

Steeple sign- X-ray finding in Acute Laryngo tracheo bronchitis

Brown sign-- glomus jugulare

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Thumb sign--X-ray finding A/c epiglottitis

Tragus sign- Perichondritis pinna.

Hennebert sign- false fistula sign( cong.syphilis, Meniere's,)

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Dodd's sign/Crescent sign- X-ray finding-Crescent of air between the mass and posterior pharyngeal wall. positive in AC ployp Negative in Angiofibroma.

Hondousa sign--X-ray finding in Angiofibroma
indicating infratemporal fossa involvement-characterised by widening of gap between ramus of mandible and maxillary body.

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BOYCE SIGN - Laryngocoele-Gurgling sound on compression of external laryngocoele with reduction of swelling

STANKIEWICK'S SIGN - indicate orbital injury during FESS. fat protrude in to nasl cavity on compression of eye ball from ouside

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BOCCA'S SIGN - Absence of post cricoid crackle(Muir's crackle) in Ca post cricoid

HITSELBERGER'S SIGN - In Acaustic neuroma- loss of sensation in the ear canal suppllied by Arnold's nerve( branch of Vagus nerve to ear)

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PHELP'S SIGN - loss of crust of bone between carotid canal and jugular canal in glomus jugulare

LYRE'S SIGN - splaying of carotid vessels in carotid body tumor

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TRAGUS SIGN- EXTERNAL OTITIS, Pain on pressing Tragus

i don't know how i made the mistake in earlier post.
moderator please correct it( don't want to confuse anybody)

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FEW more signs
1.Tuckers sign
2.Pemperton's sign
3.Tear drop sign
4.Uvula pointing sign
5.Halo sign
6.Griesinger's sign

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Every one like me on rxpg will be very much thankful to you for this great compilation .........plzz complete it moderators are kind enough to allocate it to library.....

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thnx

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Teapot sign is seen in CSF rhinorrhoea..

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griesengers sign - pain on compressing posterior part of mastoid due to compression of perforating veins of mastoid - ? mastoiditis?
teardrop sign - droplet of fat hanging in the maxillary sinus seen on water's view of x ray in blow out # of orbit

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