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Dance's sign is an eponymous medical sign consisting of an investigation of the right lower quadrant of the abdomen for retraction, which can be an indication of intussusception, i.e. those with intussusception may have retraction of the right iliac fossa.
Video Dance's sign
Eponym
It was originally described by the French pathologist Jean Baptiste Hippolyte Dance (1797-1832).
Maps Dance's sign
References
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External links
- Biology Online
- PatientPlus
Source of the article : Wikipedia
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