Schlesinger phenomenon
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Schlesinger sign — in tetany, if the patient s lower limb is held at the knee joint and flexed strongly at the hip joint, there will soon be an extensor spasm at the knee joint, with extreme supination of the foot. Called also Pool or Schlesinger phenomenon … Medical dictionary
Schlesinger sign (phenomenon) — Schle·sin·ger sign (phenomenon) (shlaґsing ər) [Hermann Schlesinger, Austrian physician, 1866–1934] see under sign … Medical dictionary
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Pool phenomenon — (p l) [Eugene Hillhouse Pool, American surgeon, 1874–1949] 1. see under phenomenon. 2. Schlesinger sign … Medical dictionary
Pool phenomenon — 1. Schlesinger sign. in 2. tetany, the muscles of the upper limb contract when it is raised above the head with the forearm extended, because that causes stretching of the brachial plexus … Medical dictionary
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