Ludloff sign

Ludloff sign
swelling and ecchymosis at the base of Scarpa triangle together with inability to raise the thigh when in a sitting posture, a sign of traumatic separation of the epiphysis of the greater trochanter.

Medical dictionary. 2011.

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  • Ludloff sign — Lud·loff sign (loodґlawf) [Karl Ludloff, German surgeon, 1864–1945] see under sign …   Medical dictionary

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