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D.T.P. sign
(distal tingling on percussion), Tinel’s sign
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Dawbarn’s sign
In acute subacromial
bursitis, when the arm hangs by the
side, palpation over the bursa causes
pain but when arm is abducted, this
pain disappears.
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Dejerine’s sign
Aggravation of symptoms of radiculitis produced by cough-
ing, sneezing, and straining at stool.
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Demianoff’s sign
A sign that permits
the differentiation of pain originating in
the sacrolumbalis muscles from lumbar pain of any other origin. The sign
is obtained by placing the patient in
dorsal decubitus and lifting his ex-
tended leg. In the presence of lumbago
this produces a pain in the lumbar region which prevents raising the leg high
enough to form an angle of ten degrees.
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Desault’s sign
A sign of intrascapular
fracture of the femur, consisting of al-
ternation of the arc described by rotation of the great trochanter, which nor-
mally describes the segment of a circle,
but in this fracture rotates only as the
apex of the femur rotates about its own
axis.
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Doll’s eye sign
See Cantelli’s sign.
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Drawer sign
For ligamentous instability or ruptured cruciate ligaments. With
the patient supine and knee flexed to
90 degrees, the sign is positive if knee
is not displaced abnormally in a posterior direction with knee pulled forward.
Also called an anterior drawer sign,
meaning the anterior cruciate is lax or
ruptured.
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Dugas’ test
A test for the existence of
dislocation of the shoulder, made by
placing the hand of the affected side
on the opposite shoulder and bringing
the elbow to the side of the chest. If
this cannot be accomplished (Dugas
sign), dislocation of the shoulder exists.
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