Beevor sign
The Beevor sign is a clinical sign of weakness in the lower abdominal muscles . It was named after the neurologist Charles Edward Beevor (1854-1908).
When straightening up from a lying position without the help of the arms, if the lower abdominal muscles are weak on both sides, the navel is shifted towards the head (cranially). With only one-sided paralysis of the lower abdominal muscles, on the other hand, there is a shift of the navel to the healthy side.
Muscle weakness of the lower abdominal muscles typically occurs with a lesion of the spinal cord nerves of the 6th to 10th segments. The Beevor sign can also be positive for facioscapulohumeral muscular dystrophy (FSHD) and amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS).
Individual evidence
- ↑ Peter Berlit (editor): Clinical Neurology . Springer-Verlag, 2nd edition 2005, page 339, ISBN 978-3540019824 .
- ^ Awerbuch GI et al .: Beevor's sign and facioscapulohumeral dystrophy . Arch Neurol . 1990 Nov; 47 (11): 1208-9. PMID 2146943
further reading
- JD Desai: Beevor's sign. In: Annals of Indian Academy of Neurology. Volume 15, Number 2, April 2012, pp. 94-95, ISSN 1998-3549 . doi : 10.4103 / 0972-2327.94990 . PMID 22566720 . PMC 3345607 (free full text).
- JM Pearce: Beevor's sign. In: European neurology. Volume 53, Number 4, 2005, pp. 208-209, ISSN 0014-3022 . doi : 10.1159 / 000086731 . PMID 16015010 .
- N. Shahrizaila, AJ Wills: Significance of Beevor's sign in facioscapulohumeral dystrophy and other neuromuscular diseases. In: Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery, and Psychiatry . Volume 76, Number 6, June 2005, pp. 869-870, ISSN 0022-3050 . doi : 10.1136 / jnnp.2004.052019 . PMID 15897515 . PMC 1739674 (free full text).
- GI Awerbuch, MA Nigro, R. Wishnow: Beevor's sign and facioscapulohumeral dystrophy. In: Archives of Neurology . Volume 47, Number 11, November 1990, pp. 1208-1209, ISSN 0003-9942 . PMID 2146943 .