Riesman's sign explained
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Differential: | Graves' 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.
Notes and References
- Book: White, Fred Ashley . 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 . 2009 . Museum Press Books . 978-1-4415-0828-7 . en.
- Dale Berg, Katherine Worzala. Atlas of adult physical diagnosis, page 31. Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, 2006. . Google books