Deep venous thrombosis signs
Although clinical signs of venous thrombosis are very unreliable and not very specific, the corresponding eponyms are still used quite frequently.
| Bancroft’s sign |
in deep vein thrombosis, compression of calf forward agains tibia causing more pain than horizontal compression when gastrocnemius muscle is liftet; also referred to as Moses’s sign |
| Homans’s sign |
in deep venous thrombosis, pain and tenderness on compression of the calf muscles (by either squeezing the calf muscles or forced dosiflexion of the foot) |
| Lisker’s sign |
in thrombophlebitis or deep vein thrombosis, tenderness to percussion of the medial anterior tibial surface |
| Louvel’s sign |
in deep vein thrombosis, venous pain induced by coughing, prevented by pressing over proximal end of vein |
| Lowenberg’s sign |
in deep vein thrombosis, two calves are wrapped with cuffs to see if there is assymetry in tolerance to pressure of 180mmHg |
| Peabody's sign |
in deep vein thrombosis, raising the leg with the foot extended provokes a calf muscle spasm |
| Pemberton’s sign |
in superior vena caval obstruction, development of facial plethora, inspiratory stridor, and non-pulsatile elevation of the JVP when patient lifts arms over head |
| Pratt’s sign |
in deep vein thrombosis, presence of three dilated veins or sentinel veins over the tibia; dilatation persists when legs are elevated to 45 degrees |