Medicine:Mallet-Guy's sign
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| Differential diagnosis | pancreatitis |
Mallet-Guy's sign is a medical sign to detect signs of pancreatitis.[1] It is pain elicited with deep palpation of the left subcostal and epigastric region, suggesting pancreatic inflammation. It is named after Pierre Mallet-Guy.[2]
References
- ↑ Shivananda, Prabhu (2011). Clinical Signs and Syndromes in Surgery. Jaypee Brothers Medical Publishers Pvt. Ltd.. p. 13. ISBN 978-93-5025-838-5. https://books.google.com/books?id=9IGyTJs-KeMC&pg=PA13.
- ↑ Mallet-Guy, P; Jaubert de Beaujeu, M (February 1950). "Treatment of chronic pancreatitis by unilateral splanchnicectomy". Archives of Surgery 60 (2): 233–41, illust. doi:10.1001/archsurg.1950.01250010251003. PMID 15402805.
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