Grey-Turner's sign: Difference between revisions

Jump to navigation Jump to search
m (Robot: Automated text replacement (-{{SIB}} + & -{{EH}} + & -{{EJ}} + & -{{Editor Help}} + & -{{Editor Join}} +))
 
m (Redirected page to Grey Turner's sign)
 
(4 intermediate revisions by the same user not shown)
Line 1: Line 1:
{{Infobox_Disease |
#REDIRECT [[Grey Turner's sign]]
  Name          = {{PAGENAME}} |
  Image          = |
  Caption        = |
  DiseasesDB    = |
  ICD10          = |
  ICD9          = |
  ICDO          = |
  OMIM          = |
  MedlinePlus    = |
  eMedicineSubj  = |
  eMedicineTopic = |
  MeshID        = |
}}
{{SI}}
{{CMG}}
 
 
 
'''Grey-Turner's sign''' refers to [[bruise|bruising]] of the [[flanks]].
 
This sign takes 24-48 hours to appear and predicts a severe attack of [[acute pancreatitis]], with mortality rising from 8-10% to 40%.
 
It may be accompanied by [[Cullen's sign]].
 
[[George Grey Turner]] was a British [[surgeon]].
 
==Differential Diagnosis==
Causes include:
* retroperitoneal bleeding or a [[retroperitoneal hematoma]]
* [[acute pancreatitis]], whereby methemalbumin formed from digested blood tracks [[subcutaneous]]ly around the abdomen from the inflamed pancreas
* blunt abdominal [[Blunt force trauma|trauma]]
* ruptured abdominal [[aortic aneurysm]].
* Ruptured/ hemorrhagic [[ectopic pregnancy]].
*spontaneous bleeding secondary to coagulopathy (congenital or acquired)
 
==External links==
* {{GPnotebook|-1382416365}}
* {{DiseasesDB|17313}}
* {{WhoNamedIt|synd|3347}}
* [http://www.surgical-tutor.org.uk/pictures/images/hepatobiliary/grey_turners.jpg Photo]
* [http://www.fmed.ulaval.ca/med-18654/prive/Cours%2014.htm#1 Photo]
 
 
 
[[es:Signo de Grey Turner]]
[[pt:Sinal de Grey-Turner]]
 
{{WikiDoc help menu}}
{{WikiDoc sources}}
 
[[Category:Signs and symptoms]]
[[Category:Physical examination]]
 
[[pl:Objaw Grey-Turnera]]

Latest revision as of 20:04, 11 April 2014

Redirect to: