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SIGNE VON GRAEFE [2 records]

Record 1 2013-12-20

English

Subject field(s)
  • Symptoms (Medicine)
DEF

Failure of the upper lid to move downward promptly with the eyeball, the lid moving tardily and jerkily; seen in hyperthyroidism.

OBS

lid lag: term recommended by the Medical Signs and Symptoms Committee.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Symptômes (Médecine)
DEF

Absence ou retard dans le déroulement de la paupière lorsque le malade regarde en bas. Ce signe est observé habituellement au cours des manifestations oculaires de l'hyperthyroïdie.

OBS

asynergie oculopalpébrale : terme privilégié par le Comité de sémiologie médicale.

Spanish

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Record 2 2011-08-16

English

Subject field(s)
  • Symptoms (Medicine)
CONT

Thyroid eye disease, Graves' ophthalmopathy, dysthyroid ophthalmopathy, and Graves' disease ... The common, clinically diagnostic eye signs include: von Graefe's sign (superior lid lag upon down gaze), Dalrymple's sign (eyelid retraction), Stellwag's sign (infrequent blinking), and Ballet's sign (palsy of one or more extraocular muscles).

Key term(s)
  • Graefe's sign

French

Domaine(s)
  • Symptômes (Médecine)
DEF

Dans la maladie de Basedow, (anciennement goitre exophtalmique), défaut de synchronisme entre les mouvements de la paupière supérieure et les mouvements du globe oculaire.

Spanish

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