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Grey Turner's sign refers to bruising of the flanks, the part of the body between the last rib and the top of the hip.The bruising appears as a blue discoloration, [1] and is a sign of retroperitoneal hemorrhage, or bleeding behind the peritoneum, which is a lining of the abdominal cavity.
acute pancreatitis, where methemalbumin formed from digested blood tracks around the abdomen from the inflamed pancreas; bleeding from blunt abdominal trauma; bleeding from aortic rupture; bleeding from ruptured ectopic pregnancy; Importance of the sign is on a decline since better diagnostic modalities are now available.
Signs and symptoms may include abdominal or upper leg pain, hematuria, and shock. It can be caused by major trauma or by non-traumatic mechanisms.
anterior abdominal mass which does not cross the midline and is still palpable when abdominal wall muscles are tensed Fox's sign: George Henry Fox: gastroenterology: haemorrhagic pancreatitis: ecchymosis of inguinal ligament (blood tracks retroperitoneally) Frank's sign: Sanders T. Frank: cardiology: ischaemic heart disease
[1] [2] Patients observe these symptoms and seek medical advice from healthcare professionals. Because most people are not diagnostically trained or knowledgeable, they typically describe their symptoms in layman's terms, rather than using specific medical terminology. This list is not exhaustive.
An ecchymosis is a hematoma of the skin larger than 10 mm. [2] They may occur among and or within many areas such as skin and other organs, connective tissues, bone, joints and muscle. A collection of blood (or even a hemorrhage) may be aggravated by anticoagulant medication (blood thinner).
Grey-Turner's sign (ecchymosis in flank area) Cholera: Rice-watery stool: Enteric fever: Rose spots in abdomen Meningitis: Kernig's sign and Brudzinski's sign: Angina pectoris: Levine's sign (hand clutching of chest) [7] Patent ductus arteriosus: Machine-like murmur Parkinson's disease [citation needed] Pill-rolling tremors [citation needed ...
A bruise, also known as a contusion, is a type of hematoma of tissue, [3] the most common cause being capillaries damaged by trauma, causing localized bleeding that extravasates into the surrounding interstitial tissues. Most bruises occur close enough to the epidermis such that the bleeding causes a visible discoloration.