Oppenheim's sign

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Oppenheim's sign is dorsiflexion of the big toe elicited by irritation downward of the medial side of the tibia.[1]

Positive sign indicates a damage to the pyramidal tract.

It is named for Hermann Oppenheim.[2][3]

References

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  2. synd/1573 at Who Named It?
  3. H. Oppenheim. Zur Pathologie der Hautreflexe der unteren Extremitäten. Monatsschrift für Psychiatrie und Neurologie, 1902, 12: 421-423.

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