Brudzinski sign
The Brudzinski sign is a neurological sign named after Jozef von Brudziński (1874–1917), a pediatrician from Warsaw . The sign is tested on the patient lying relaxed on their back. It is considered positive if the legs are reflexively bent in the knee joints while passive forward bending of the head .
The Brudzinski sign occurs in conditions with meningeal irritation ( meningism ), in particular in meningitis ( meningitis ), but also in inflammation of the brain ( encephalitis ) or subarachnoid hemorrhage .
See also
Kernig symbol , Lasègue symbol , Lhermitte symbol
literature
- J. Brudziński: Un signe nouveau sur les membres inférieurs dans les méningites chez les enfants (signe de la nuque). In: Archives de médecine des enfants. Paris 1909, 12, pp. 745-752.
