Riesman's sign

Medical condition
Riesman's sign
Differential diagnosisGraves' disease

Riesman's sign is a clinical sign in which a bruit, or murmur, can be heard using a stethoscope over the closed eye.[1] It is found in patients with Graves' disease.[2]

The sign is named after David Riesman.

References

  1. ^ White, Fred Ashley (2009). Physical Signs in Medicine and Surgery: An Atlas of Rare, Lost and Forgotten Physical Signs : Includes a Collection of Extraordinary Papers in Medicine, Surgery and the Scientific Method. Museum Press Books. ISBN 978-1-4415-0828-7.
  2. ^ Dale Berg, Katherine Worzala. Atlas of adult physical diagnosis, page 31. Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, 2006. ISBN 978-0-7817-4190-3. Google books
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