Abadie's sign of exophthalmic goiter

From Infogalactic: the planetary knowledge core
Jump to: navigation, search

Abadie's sign of exophthalmic goiter is a medical sign characterized by spasm of the levator palpebrae superioris muscle with retraction of the upper lid (so that sclera is visible above cornea) seen in Graves-Basedow disease which, together with exophthalmos causes the bulging eyes appearance.[1]

Photo showing Abadie's sign of exopthalmic goiter in a man with Graves' disease.

It is named for Jean Marie Charles Abadie.[2][3]

See also

References

  1. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  2. ↑ synd/53 at Who Named It?
  3. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.

<templatestyles src="Asbox/styles.css"></templatestyles>

Stub icon

This medical sign article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.
Retrieved from "https://infogalactic.com/w/index.php?title=Abadie%27s_sign_of_exophthalmic_goiter&oldid=3918224"