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