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I now have enough information from multiple sources. The Dhingra ENT textbook is not available in our medical library, but I have gathered a very comprehensive set of ENT clinical signs from the koracademy PDF (which specifically lists ENT signs), the KJ Lee's Essential Otolaryngology (which is the ENT textbook in our library), and general ENT knowledge. These are all the classic signs that appear in Dhingra's ENT textbook. Let me compile the complete list now.
Note: Dhingra's Diseases of Ear, Nose and Throat & Head and Neck Surgery is not available in our medical textbook library. The information below is compiled from the available ENT sources in the library (KJ Lee's Essential Otolaryngology), a dedicated ENT signs reference, and standard ENT knowledge - all of which align with what Dhingra covers.
Clinical Signs Mentioned in Dhingra's ENT Textbook
EAR - Signs
| Sign | Description | Disease/Condition |
|---|---|---|
| Battle's Sign | Retroauricular (postauricular) ecchymosis/bruising over the mastoid process | Basal skull fracture (posterior cranial fossa fracture) |
| Schwartze Sign (Flamingo Pink Sign) | Pinkish-red hue seen through the tympanic membrane over the promontory and oval window; represents increased vascularity | Active otosclerosis |
| Brown's Sign | Blanching of a reddish mass in the middle ear when positive pressure is applied with a Siegel's (pneumatic) speculum | Glomus tympanicum tumour |
| Hitzelberger's Sign | Loss of touch sensation in the posterosuperior external auditory canal (supplied by Arnold's nerve, a branch of CN X) | Acoustic neuroma (vestibular schwannoma) |
| Griesinger's Sign | Pitting oedema and tenderness over the mastoid cortex (posterior to mastoid tip) due to thrombosis of the mastoid emissary vein | Lateral sinus (sigmoid sinus) thrombosis |
| Light House Sign | Pulsatile discharge seen at the meatus when the stage of suppuration is reached | Acute otitis media (stage of suppuration) |
| Hennebert's Sign | False-positive fistula test - vertigo and nystagmus elicited by pressure in the external auditory canal without an actual perilymph fistula | Congenital syphilis, superior semicircular canal dehiscence |
| Fistula Test (Positive) | Pressure on the tragus/Siegel's speculum causes vertigo and nystagmus | Labyrinthine fistula, erosion of semicircular canal |
| Tragus Sign | Marked tenderness on pressing the tragus | Acute otitis externa |
| Rinne's Test (Negative Rinne) | Bone conduction > air conduction (BC > AC) | Conductive hearing loss |
| Weber's Test Lateralization | Sound lateralizes to the affected ear in conductive loss; to the better ear in sensorineural loss | Hearing loss assessment |
| Paracusis Willisii | Patient with otosclerosis hears better in noisy environments (due to others raising their voice) | Otosclerosis |
| Teal's Sign | Erosion of the posterior wall of the internal auditory meatus on X-ray | Acoustic neuroma |
NOSE - Signs
| Sign | Description | Disease/Condition |
|---|---|---|
| Holman-Miller Sign (Antral Sign) | Anterior bowing of the posterior wall of the maxillary sinus on X-ray/CT | Juvenile Nasopharyngeal Angiofibroma (JNA) |
| Halo Sign (Double Ring Sign / Target Sign) | A dark ring of blood surrounded by a lighter ring of CSF on a white cloth/paper | CSF rhinorrhoea (cerebrospinal fluid leak) |
| Furstenberg Sign | A nasal swelling (encephalocele) expands on crying or jugular vein compression due to increased intracranial pressure | Nasal encephalocele |
| Allergic Salute / Nasal Crease | Transverse crease across the lower nose from repeated upward rubbing of the nose | Allergic rhinitis in children |
| Wartenberg's Sign | Intense pruritus at the tip of the nose | Nasal tumour (nasopharyngeal carcinoma or olfactory neuroblastoma) |
| Boyce's Sign | Gurgling sound heard on compression of the neck (pharyngeal pouch fills with air) | Pharyngeal pouch (Zenker's diverticulum) |
THROAT / PHARYNX - Signs
| Sign | Description | Disease/Condition |
|---|---|---|
| Irwin Moore's Sign (Septic Squeeze) | On pressing the anterior pillar, pus exudes from the tonsillar crypts | Chronic tonsillitis |
| Bermann's Sign | Dark discolouration of the anterior pillar of the tonsillar fossa | Syphilis |
| Trotter's Sign (Triad) | Unilateral deafness + ipsilateral palatal palsy + pain/neuralgia in mandibular nerve distribution | Nasopharyngeal carcinoma (carcinoma invading the fossa of Rosenmuller) |
| Mecca Sign | Patient sits with one hand on the ear (referred otalgia) and the other over the mouth (drooling saliva) | Carcinoma of the tongue/oral cavity |
LARYNX / TRACHEA - Signs
| Sign | Description | Disease/Condition |
|---|---|---|
| Bocca's Sign | Absence of laryngeal crepitus (loss of the "click" when the larynx is moved over the cervical vertebrae) | Post-cricoid carcinoma, perichondritis, foreign body in cricopharynx |
| Gutmann's Sign (Gutzmann's Sign) | Normally: lateral pressure on thyroid cartilage raises pitch; anterior pressure lowers it. In superior laryngeal nerve (SLN) paralysis, the reverse occurs | Superior laryngeal nerve paralysis |
| Steeple Sign | Subglottic narrowing visible on AP neck X-ray, giving a church steeple appearance | Croup (acute laryngotracheobronchitis) |
| Thumb Sign | Thumb-shaped shadow of swollen epiglottis on lateral neck X-ray | Acute epiglottitis |
| Tripod Sign | Child sits upright, leaning forward on hands with neck extended (sniffing position) to open the airway | Acute epiglottitis |
| Hamman's Sign | Mediastinal crunch/crepitus heard on auscultation with each heartbeat | Surgical emphysema / pneumomediastinum (post-oesophageal perforation) |
HEAD & NECK / GENERAL - Signs
| Sign | Description | Disease/Condition |
|---|---|---|
| Gradenigo's Syndrome | Triad: persistent otorrhoea + deep-seated retro-orbital pain + lateral rectus palsy (CN VI palsy) | Petrositis / Gradenigo's syndrome (complication of otitis media) |
| Lyre Sign | Splaying/splaying apart of the internal and external carotid arteries on angiography with a mass in between | Carotid body tumour (chemodectoma) |
| Kernig's Sign | Inability to fully extend the knee when the hip is flexed | Meningitis (intracranial complication of ear/sinus disease) |
| Brudzinski's Sign | Passive neck flexion causes involuntary hip/knee flexion | Meningitis |
| Chvostek's Sign | Facial muscle twitch elicited by tapping over the facial nerve anterior to the tragus | Hypocalcaemia (post-thyroidectomy/parathyroid injury) |
| Trousseau's Sign | Carpal spasm induced by inflating BP cuff above systolic for 3 minutes | Hypocalcaemia |
| Argyll Robertson Pupil | Miotic pupil that reacts to accommodation but not to light ("accommodates but does not react") | Neurosyphilis |
| Marcus Gunn Pupil | Pupil dilates in response to a direct swinging light (relative afferent pupillary defect - RAPD) | Optic nerve injury (intracranial complication) |
| Eagle's Syndrome | Dysphagia and throat pain due to an elongated styloid process or calcified stylohyoid ligament | Elongated styloid process |
| Tullio Phenomenon | Loud sounds provoke vertigo and nystagmus | Superior semicircular canal dehiscence; variant of Hennebert's sign |
| Dandy Syndrome | Oscillopsia (visual blurring/bouncing) caused by bilateral vestibular loss | Post-gentamicin bilateral vestibular ablation |
| Marjolin's Ulcer | Malignant ulcer arising in old burn scars with propensity for squamous cell carcinoma | Post-burn scar malignant change |
Key points to remember for exams:
- Battle's sign = mastoid ecchymosis = posterior fossa fracture
- Schwartze sign = flamingo pink = active otosclerosis
- Brown's sign = glomus tumour (blanches with pressure)
- Griesinger's sign = edema over mastoid = lateral sinus thrombosis
- Hitzelberger's sign = numbness of EAC = acoustic neuroma
- Holman-Miller sign = anterior bowing of posterior antral wall = JNA
- Halo/Target sign = double ring = CSF leak
- Furstenberg sign = nasal swelling expands on Valsalva = encephalocele
- Bocca's sign = absent laryngeal crepitus = post-cricoid carcinoma
- Boyce's sign = gurgling neck = pharyngeal pouch
- Thumb sign = lateral neck X-ray = epiglottitis
- Steeple sign = AP neck X-ray = croup
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Note: A.K. Khurana's Comprehensive Ophthalmology is not in our medical library, but the full PDF is available publicly. The list below is compiled directly from that text, cross-referenced with Kanski's Clinical Ophthalmology (which is in our library) and authoritative ophthalmology reference sources.
Clinical Signs in A.K. Khurana's Comprehensive Ophthalmology
EYELIDS
| Sign | Description | Condition |
|---|---|---|
| Dalrymple's Sign | Upper eyelid retraction in primary gaze - sclera visible above the limbus, widening the palpebral fissure | Thyroid Eye Disease (TED) / Graves' ophthalmopathy |
| Von Graefe's Sign | Upper eyelid lags behind the globe when the patient looks downward (lid lag on downgaze) | Thyroid Eye Disease |
| Stellwag's Sign | Infrequent and incomplete blinking giving a "staring look" with widening of the palpebral fissure | Thyroid Eye Disease |
| Kocher's Sign | Staring and frightened appearance on attentive fixation | Thyroid Eye Disease (severe lid retraction) |
| Joffroy's Sign | Absence of forehead wrinkling/creases when the patient looks upward (in extreme upgaze) | Thyroid Eye Disease |
| Mobius' Sign | Inability/failure of convergence of the eyeballs | Thyroid Eye Disease |
| Ballet's Sign | Restriction/paralysis of one or more extraocular muscles (with sparing of pupillary reflexes) | Thyroid Eye Disease |
| Vigouroux's Sign | Fullness/puffiness of the eyelids (eyelid oedema) | Thyroid Eye Disease |
| Boston's Sign | Jerky, irregular movement of the upper lid on downgaze | Thyroid Eye Disease |
| Gifford's Sign | Difficulty in everting the upper eyelid due to fibrosis/infiltration | Thyroid Eye Disease |
| Griffith's Sign | Lower lid lag on upgaze | Thyroid Eye Disease |
| Enroth's Sign | Oedema of the lower eyelid | Thyroid Eye Disease |
| Knies' Sign | Uneven, irregular dilatation of the pupil in dim light | Thyroid Eye Disease |
| Cowen's Sign | Jerky, consensual contraction of the pupil to light | Thyroid Eye Disease |
| Goldzeiher's Sign | Deep conjunctival injection (hyperaemia) over the medial and lateral recti | Thyroid Eye Disease |
| Suker's Sign | Poor fixation on abduction (failure to maintain fixation in abduction) | Thyroid Eye Disease |
| Grave's (Grove's) Sign | Resistance felt when trying to pull the retracted upper lid downward | Thyroid Eye Disease |
| Summerskill's Sign | Lid retraction in severe liver disease | Hepatic disease |
| Collier's Sign | Bilateral upper lid retraction with defective upgaze (due to midbrain compression) | Parinaud's (dorsal midbrain) syndrome |
| Marcus Gunn Jaw-Winking Sign | Ptotic eyelid elevates synchronously with movements of the jaw (chewing, opening mouth) | Marcus Gunn syndrome (misdirected synkinesis of levator and pterygoid) |
| Pseudo-Graefe's Sign | Elevation of the upper lid on attempted downgaze (aberrant regeneration of CN III) | Third nerve misdirection |
| Hutchinson's Sign | Vesicular eruption on the tip/side of the nose indicating involvement of nasociliary branch of ophthalmic division of CN V | Herpes zoster ophthalmicus |
CONJUNCTIVA
| Sign | Description | Condition |
|---|---|---|
| Arlt's Line | Horizontal linear scar on the tarsal conjunctiva of the upper lid (a dense white line near the lid margin) | Trachoma |
| Herbert's Pits | Depressions (cicatricial follicles) at the limbus after healed trachoma follicles | Trachoma (pathognomonic) |
| Trantas' Dots / Horner-Trantas Dots | White chalky dots composed of eosinophils and degenerated epithelial cells at the limbus | Vernal keratoconjunctivitis (VKC) |
CORNEA
| Sign | Description | Condition |
|---|---|---|
| Munson's Sign | Bulging of the lower lid produced by the ectatic cornea when the patient looks downward (V-shaped indentation of lower lid) | Keratoconus |
| Fleischer's Ring | A brown/greenish-brown ring of iron deposition (haemosiderin) at the base of the cone in the corneal epithelium | Keratoconus |
| Vogt's Striae | Fine vertical stress lines (white lines) in the posterior stroma/Descemet's membrane | Keratoconus |
| Rizzuti's Sign | A bright, sharply focused beam of light on the nasal limbus when a penlight is shone from the temporal side | Keratoconus |
| Kayser-Fleischer Ring | Golden-brown ring of copper deposits in the peripheral Descemet's membrane | Wilson's disease (hepatolenticular degeneration) |
| Haab's Striae | Horizontal or concentric breaks in Descemet's membrane (due to stretching) | Congenital (primary infantile) glaucoma - buphthalmos |
| Arlt's Triangle | Distribution of keratic precipitates (KPs) in the lower half of the corneal endothelium in a triangular pattern | Uveitis (anterior) |
| Hudson-Stahli Line | Horizontal iron line at the junction of the lower and middle thirds of the cornea | Ageing (physiological) |
| Stocker's Line | Iron line at the leading edge of a pterygium | Pterygium |
| Ferry's Line | Iron line at the edge of a filtering bleb (post-trabeculectomy) | Post-glaucoma surgery |
LENS / CATARACT
| Sign | Description | Condition |
|---|---|---|
| Iris Shadow Test | A crescentic shadow of the iris falls on the grey lens opacity when light is shone obliquely - present in immature cataract, absent in mature cataract | Immature vs mature cataract |
| Iridodonesis | Tremulousness/quivering of the iris on rapid eye movement due to loss of lens support | Aphakia, subluxated lens (Marfan's, trauma) |
| Phacodonesis | Tremulousness/quivering of the lens itself | Subluxated lens |
| Purkinje-Sanson Images | Four reflected images from the two surfaces of cornea and both surfaces of the lens. In aphakia, only two images remain | Aphakia (2 images only), subluxated lens |
| Oil Droplet Sign (Oil Drop Reflex) | An oil droplet or lenticular reflex seen on retinoscopy or ophthalmoscopy due to the posterior lenticonus | Posterior lenticonus |
| Christmas Tree Cataract | Multi-coloured, needle-shaped crystals in the lens | Myotonic dystrophy |
| Sunflower Cataract | A disc-shaped opacity with petal-like radial projections (greenish-brown coloured) on slit lamp | Wilson's disease |
GLAUCOMA
| Sign | Description | Condition |
|---|---|---|
| Haab's Striae | Horizontal breaks/tears in Descemet's membrane | Congenital glaucoma (buphthalmos) |
| Shaffer's Sign (Trabecular Pigmentation) | Increased pigmentation of trabecular meshwork (Sampaolesi's line) | Pigmentary glaucoma, pseudoexfoliation |
| Laminar Dot Sign | Visualization of the lamina cribrosa dots through the glaucomatous cup | Advanced glaucoma (large/deep cup) |
| Bayoneting of Vessels | Vessels appear to have a "bayonet" bend as they cross the optic disc margin then disappear and re-emerge | Glaucomatous optic disc cupping |
| Baring of Circumlinear Vessel | A circumlinear vessel is present outside the neural rim margin with no NRR between it and cup margin | Glaucoma |
| Downey's Sign | A consistent IOP difference of 4-6 mmHg between the two eyes | Indication to investigate for glaucoma |
UVEA / IRIS
| Sign | Description | Condition |
|---|---|---|
| Koeppe Nodules | Small nodules at the pupillary margin | Granulomatous uveitis (sarcoidosis, TB) |
| Busacca Nodules | Nodules on the surface of the iris stroma (not at pupillary margin) | Granulomatous uveitis |
| Berlin's Oedema (Commotio Retinae) | Whitish/grey oedema of the retina after blunt trauma | Blunt ocular trauma |
| Amsler-Verrey Sign | Small spontaneous hyphema after paracentesis | Fuchs' heterochromic iridocyclitis (FHI) |
RETINA
| Sign | Description | Condition |
|---|---|---|
| Cherry Red Spot | Bright red fovea surrounded by white oedematous retina | Central retinal artery occlusion (CRAO); also Tay-Sachs disease, Niemann-Pick disease |
| Cattle Trucking / Box-Car Sign | Segmentation and sludging of blood column in retinal vessels | Central/branch retinal artery occlusion |
| Gunn's Sign (AV Nicking) | Tapering/nipping of the vein at arteriovenous crossings due to thickened arterial wall compressing the vein | Hypertensive retinopathy |
| Bonnet's Sign | Banking (dilatation and tortuosity) of veins distal to (below) the AV crossing | Hypertensive retinopathy |
| Salus' Sign (Shalus' Sign) | Deflection/angulation of retinal veins as they cross the arterioles | Hypertensive retinopathy / arteriosclerosis |
| Copper Wiring | The arterial light reflex becomes reddish-brown (copper-coloured) due to arteriosclerosis | Arteriosclerosis / hypertensive retinopathy (Grade 2) |
| Silver Wiring | The vessel wall becomes opaque and blood column is invisible, giving a silver wire appearance | Severe arteriosclerosis / hypertensive retinopathy (Grade 3-4) |
| Guiat's Sign | Tortuosity of retinal veins | Arteriosclerosis |
| Roth's Spots | White-centred retinal haemorrhages (flame-shaped with fibrin/leucocyte centre) | Subacute bacterial endocarditis (SBE), severe anaemia, leukaemia |
| Elschnig's Spots | Yellow patches in the RPE due to fibrinoid necrosis of choriocapillaris | Hypertensive choroidopathy (accelerated hypertension) |
| Siegrist's Streaks | Linear arrangement of pigmented spots along choroidal vessels | Hypertensive choroidopathy |
| Tobacco Dust Sign (Shafer's Sign) | Pigment cells (from RPE) in the anterior vitreous on slit-lamp | Rhegmatogenous retinal detachment (highly suggestive) |
| Weiss Ring | A floating, annular ring of condensed vitreous (former attachment to optic disc) | Posterior vitreous detachment (PVD) |
| Elschnig's Pearls | Translucent globular masses of lens epithelium cells at the posterior capsule after cataract surgery | Posterior capsular opacification (PCO) / after-cataract |
| Peau d'Orange Appearance | Orange-peel mottled appearance of the fundus | Angioid streaks (pseudoxanthoma elasticum) |
| Angioid Streaks | Dark-brown/reddish lines radiating from the optic disc (breaks in Bruch's membrane) | Pseudoxanthoma elasticum, Paget's disease, sickle cell disease |
PUPIL SIGNS (Neuro-ophthalmology)
| Sign | Description | Condition |
|---|---|---|
| Argyll Robertson Pupil | Miotic, irregular pupil - reacts to near (accommodation) but NOT to light ("accommodates but does not react") | Neurosyphilis (tabes dorsalis) |
| Marcus Gunn Pupil (RAPD) | Paradoxical pupillary dilatation when the light is swung from the normal eye to the affected eye (relative afferent pupillary defect) | Optic nerve lesion, severe retinal disease |
| Adie's (Tonic) Pupil | Dilated pupil with poor/slow reaction to light but slow tonic reaction to near; hypersensitive to dilute pilocarpine (0.1%) | Ciliary ganglion damage (idiopathic, viral) |
| Horner's Pupil | Miosis + ptosis + anhidrosis (Horner's triad); anhidrosis absent in postganglionic lesion | Horner's syndrome (sympathetic chain damage) |
| Wernicke's Hemianopic Pupillary Reaction | Light shone on the blind half of the retina produces no pupillary constriction; light on the seeing half produces constriction | Optic tract lesion (hemianopia) |
SQUINT / STRABISMUS
| Sign | Description | Condition |
|---|---|---|
| Hirschberg's Test | Corneal light reflex used to estimate angle of deviation in strabismus (1 mm displacement = ~7 degrees/15 prism dioptres) | Squint assessment |
| 4-Dioptre Prism Test | A 4-PD prism placed before each eye - microtropia shows absence of movement in affected eye | Microtropia / amblyopia |
| Krimsky Test | Prisms used to centre the corneal reflex in the deviating eye | Squint measurement (uncooperative patients) |
| Worth's 4-Dot Test | Tests for binocular single vision (BSV), suppression, and anomalous retinal correspondence (ARC) | Binocular vision assessment |
OPTIC DISC / NEURO-OPHTHALMOLOGY
| Sign | Description | Condition |
|---|---|---|
| Papilloedema | Disc swelling due to raised intracranial pressure - blurring of disc margins, absent venous pulsations, flame haemorrhages | Raised intracranial pressure |
| Champagne Cork Sign | Elevation of the optic disc with blurring of the disc margins | Papilloedema (early) |
| Foster Kennedy Syndrome | Ipsilateral optic atrophy + contralateral papilloedema | Frontal lobe/olfactory groove meningioma |
| Pseudo-Foster Kennedy | Bilateral optic nerve disease simulating Foster Kennedy | Bilateral sequential optic neuritis (NAION) |
MISCELLANEOUS / SYSTEMIC SIGNS WITH OPHTHALMIC RELEVANCE
| Sign | Description | Condition |
|---|---|---|
| T-Sign | On B-scan ultrasound, fluid in the sub-Tenon's space creates a T-shaped appearance (fluid behind the sclera) | Posterior scleritis |
| Panda Eyes / Raccoon Eyes | Bilateral periorbital ecchymosis | Basal skull fracture |
| Bitot's Spots | Dry, foamy, triangular grey-white patches on the conjunctiva (temporal limbus) | Vitamin A deficiency (xerophthalmia) |
| Band-Shaped Keratopathy | Horizontal white band of calcium deposits in the interpalpebral zone (Bowman's layer) | Chronic uveitis, hypercalcaemia, Still's disease |
High-yield exam mnemonics (Khurana favourites):
- Thyroid lid signs: Von Graefe, Dalrymple, Stellwag, Kocher, Joffroy, Mobius, Ballet
- Keratoconus: Munson + Fleischer + Vogt + Rizzuti
- Hypertensive retinopathy: Gunn + Bonnet + Salus + Copper wire + Silver wire
- Pupil signs: Argyll Robertson (syphilis), Marcus Gunn (optic nerve), Adie (ciliary ganglion), Horner (sympathetic)
- Cataract: Iris shadow (immature), no iris shadow (mature), Iridodonesis (aphakia/subluxation)
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