Encyclopaedia of Clinical Signs
This section contains a list of common and rare signs seen in clinical practice, which may suggest a specific diagnosis.
- 504 Signs Found.
A
- Abdominal Bruits
- Abdominal Distension
- Abdominal Masses
- Abdominal Pulsation
- Abdominal Rigidity
- Abdominal Scars
- Abnormal Carotid Pulse Character
- Abnormal Dentition
- Absent Corneal Reflex
- Absent Lower Limb Pulses
- Absent Pharyngeal Reflex
- Absent Pupillary Light Reflexes
- Acetone Breath
- Adie's Tonic Pupil
- Affect
- Alcoholic Foetor
- Angular Cheilitis
- Anisocoria (Unequal Pupils)
- Anomia
- Anosmia
- Antalgic Gait
- Anterior Draw Test
- Anterograde Amnesia
- Apley Scratch Test
- Appearance
- Apprehension Test
- Appropriateness of Affect
- Apraxia
- Apraxic Gait
- Argyll Robertson Pupil
- Arm Elevation Test
- Arterial Skin Changes
- Arterial Ulcers
- Arteriovenous Fistulas
- Arteriovenous Nicking
- Asterixis
- Asymmetric Soft Palate Rise
- Ataxic Gait
- Atrophic Glossitis
- Auditory Acuity
- Auditory Hallucinations
- Augmentation Test
B
C
- Cafe au Lait Spots
- Callosities of the Ankle and Foot
- Capgras Syndrome
- Caput Medusae
- Carotid Bruit
- Category Fluency
- Central Cyanosis
- Central Visual Fields
- Centre of Gravity
- Cervical Hyperlordosis
- Charcot Foot
- Chest Expansion
- Chest Wall Tenderness
- Cheyne-Stokes Respiration
- Chorea
- Chvostek's Sign
- Circumlocution
- Claw Hand
- Claw Toe
- Clonus
- Cog Wheel Rigidity
- Collapsing Pulse
- Colour Vision
- Compulsions
- Conceptualisation
- Confusion
- Conjunctival Pallor
- Continuous Murmur
- Cool Extremities
- Cotton Wool Spots
- Cough
- Cover Test
- Cozen's Test
- Crackles / Crepitations
- Cullen's Sign
- Cutaneous Nodules
D
- Dactylitis
- Decreased Tactile Fremitus
- Dehydration
- Delusions
- Dental Caries
- Dental Erosions
- Dental Trauma
- Depersonalization
- Depressive Thought Content
- Derealization
- Diastolic Murmur
- Digital Clubbing
- Diplopia
- Disordered Reading
- Disordered Writing
- Disorganised Behaviour
- Displaced Apex Beat
- Dissociative Symptoms
- Distal Weakness
- Double Impulse Apex Beat
- Dull Percussion Note
- Dupuytren's Contracture
- Dysdiadochokinesis
- Dysmegalopsia
- Dystonia
E
- Echophenomena
- Elbow Bruising
- Elbow Carrying Angle
- Elbow Deformity
- Empty Can Test
- Erotomanic Delusions
- Erythroderma
- Exaggerated Pharyngeal Reflex
- Exanthematous Rash
F
G
H
- Haemorrhoids
- Halitosis
- Hallux Valgus
- Hand of Benediction
- Harsh Speech
- Heberden's Nodes
- Heel Walking
- Heel-to-Shin Test
- Heliotrope Rash
- Hepatomegaly
- Herniae
- High-Arched Palate
- Hoarseness
- Homonymous Hemianopia
- Homonymous Quadrantanopia
- Hyperactivity
- Hyperaesthesia
- Hyperkeratosis
- Hypernasal Speech
- Hyperpigmentation
- Hyperreflexia
- Hyperresonant Percussion Note
- Hypertension
- Hypoaesthesia
- Hypophonia
- Hyporeflexia
- Hypotension
I
- Illusions
- Impaired Accommodation
- Impaired Digit Span
- Impaired Executive Function
- Impaired Judgement
- Impaired Rapid Foot Tapping
- Inattention
- Increased Anal Sphincter Tone
- Increased Body Mass Index
- Increased Body Temperature
- Increased Glabellar Reflex
- Increased Tactile Fremitus
- Increased Vocal Resonance
- Increased Waist-Hip Ratio
- Ingrown Toenails
- Inhibitory Control
- Injection Sites
- Intensity of Affect
- Intention Tremor
- Internuclear Ophthalmoplegia
- Irregular Pulse
- Irritability
J
- Janeway Lesions
- Jaundice
- Jaw Jerk
- Jealous Delusions
- Jerk Nystagmus
K
L
- Lability of Mood
- Lead Pipe Rigidity
- Leg Length Discrepancy
- Leg Tenderness
- Lesser Toe Deformities
- Leukonychia
- Leukoplakia
- Level of Happiness
- Lhermitte's Sign
- Lift Off Test
- Light Touch Sensation
- Limitation of Extraocular Movement
- Limited Active Movement
- Lip Pigmentation
- Lip Ulceration
- Livedo Reticularis
- Liver Nodularity
- Log Roll Test
- Loss of Cervical Lordosis
- Loss of Chest Hair Distribution
- Loss of Lumbar Lordosis
- Loss of Proprioception
- Loud P2
- Loud S1
- Lower Limb Erythema
- Lower Motor Neuron Weakness
- Lupus Pernio
- Lymphadenopathy
M
- Maculopapular Rash
- March a Petit Poids
- Mastoid Tenderness
- McBurney's Point Tenderness
- McMurray's Test for the Lateral Meniscus
- McMurray's Test for the Medial Meniscus
- Mechanic's Hands
- Micrographia
- Miosis
- Mitral Facies
- Mixed UMN and LMN Weakness
- Monoarthritis
- Morbilliform Rash
- Mouth Ulcers
- Murphy's Sign
- Muscle Wasting
- Mydriasis
- Myoclonus
- Myopathic Facies
N
O
P
- Pain on Eye Movement
- Pain Sensation
- Pallor of the Nail Bed
- Palmar Crease Pallor
- Palmar Erythema
- Palmoplantar Rash
- Palpable Kidney
- Palpable Purpura
- Palpable Thrill
- Panniculitis
- Papilloedema
- Paradoxical Respiration
- Paranoia
- Paraphasias
- Parasternal Heave
- Paronychia
- Patellar Apprehension Test
- Patellar Bulge Test
- Patellar Crepitus
- Patellar Tap
- Pectus Carinatum (Pigeon Chest)
- Pectus Excavatum (Funnel Chest)
- Peek Sign
- Pendular Nystagmus
- Percussion Myotonia
- Percussion Tenderness
- Perianal Blood
- Perianal Mass
- Perianal Rash
- Perianal Sinus / Fistula
- Periauricular Vesicles
- Pericardial Rub
- Perioral Telangiectasias
- Peripheral Nerve Enlargement
- Peripheral Visual Fields
- Persecutory Delusions
- Pes Cavus
- Pes Planus
- Petechial Rash
- Phalen's Test
- Pharyngeal Erythema
- Pharyngeal Exudate
- Pitting Oedema
- Plethora
- Pleural Rub
- Polyarthritis
- Poor Insight
- Poor Posture
- Poor Self-Care
- Posterior Draw Test
- Postural Hypotension
- Postural Instability
- Postural Tachycardia
- Postural Tremor
- Poverty of Speech
- Pressure-Loaded Apex Beat
- Pressured Speech
- Prolonged Capillary Refill Time
- Pronator Drift
- Proptosis
- Prostate Enlargement
- Prostate Nodularity
- Prostate Tenderness
- Proximal Muscle Fatigability
- Proximal Myopathy
- Psoriatic Plaques
- Psychogenic Tremor
- Psychomotor Agitation
- Psychomotor Retardation
- Psychotic Thought Content
- Ptosis
- Pull Test
- Pulsatile Abdominal Mass
- Pulsus Paradoxus
- Purpura
- Pustular Rash
R
- Radio-Femoral Delay
- Radio-Radial Delay
- Raised Jugular Venous Pressure
- Range of Affect
- Raynaud's Phenomenon
- Reactivity of Mood
- Rebound Tenderness
- Rectal Blood
- Rectal Mass
- Rectal Wall Tenderness
- Reduced Anal Sphincter Tone
- Reduced Body Mass Index
- Reduced Body Temperature
- Reduced Bowel Sounds
- Reduced Breath Sounds
- Reduced Facial Sensation
- Reduced Glabellar Reflex
- Reduced Glasgow Coma Scale
- Reduced Oxygen Saturation
- Reduced Range of Motion
- Reduced Visual Acuity
- Reduced Vocal Resonance
- Referential Delusions
- Relative Afferent Pupillary Defect
- Relocation Test
- Repeated Movements
- Respiratory Distress
- Resting Tremor
- Retinal Haemorrhages
- Retrograde Amnesia
- Richmond Agitation-Sedation Scale
- Rinne's Test
- Romberg Test
- Roth Spots
- Rovsing's Sign
S
- Sacral Oedema
- Salivary Gland Enlargement
- Scapular Winging
- Scleral Icterus
- Sclerodactyly
- Scoliosis
- Scratch Marks
- Scrotal Mass
- Scrotal Tenderness
- Scrotal Varices
- Shawl Sign
- Shifting Dullness
- Short Leg Gait
- Short Stature
- Silver Wiring
- Simmonds-Thompson Text
- Simpson's Test
- Sister Mary Joseph Nodule
- Skin Blisters
- Skin Pallor
- Skin Thickening
- Small Testes
- Snapping Knee Joint
- Soft A2
- Soft S1
- Spastic Gait
- Spasticity
- Spider Naevi
- Splenomegaly
- Splinter Haemorrhages
- Sputum
- Squat Test
- Stability of Affect
- Stereotyped Movements
- Strabismus
- Straight Leg Raise
- Striae (Stretch Marks)
- Stridor
- Subconjunctival Haemorrhage
- Succussion Splash
- Swan Neck Deformity
- Systolic Murmur
T
- Tachycardia
- Tachypnoea
- Tall Stature
- Tandem Walking
- Tar Staining
- Telegraphic Speech
- Tenckhoff Catheters
- Tendon Crepitus
- Testicular Enlargement
- Testing for Golfer's Elbow
- The Angle of the Heel
- The Patient's Attitude
- Third Heart Sound
- Thomas Test
- Thoracic Hyperkyphosis
- Thoracic Scars
- Tics
- Tinel's Sign at the Medial Malleolus
- Tinel's Sign at the Wrist
- Tinel's Sign of the Elbow
- Toe Walking
- Tongue Deviation
- Tongue Fasciculations
- Tongue Ulcers
- Tongue Wasting
- Tonsillar Swelling
- Torticollis
- Tracheal Deviation
- Tracheal Tug
- Trapezius and Sternocleidomastoid Weakness
- Trendelenburg Gait
- Trendelenburg Test
- Trousseau's Sign