Graefe sign
The Graefe sign (also von Graefe sign ) is a clinical sign of endocrine orbitopathy . The upper eyelid typically remains behind when you lower your gaze, so that the part of the dermis that is visible above the cornea enlarges in exophthalmos .
The Graefe sign is named in honor of the German ophthalmologist Albrecht von Graefe , who observed it himself.
Other clinical signs of endocrine orbithopathy are the Dalrymple sign , the Stellwag sign , the Möbius sign and the Kocher sign .
See also
Original description
- AFWE von Graefe : About Basedow's Disease. In: German Clinic. Vol. 16, 1864, ZDB -ID 517273-1 , pp. 158-159.
Individual evidence
- ^ Franz Grehn: Ophthalmology. 30th, revised and updated edition. Springer Medicine, Heidelberg 2008, ISBN 978-3-540-75264-6 , pp. 324-325, online here .
- ↑ Ferdinand Sauerbruch : Lecture on Basedow's disease. In: Ferdinand Sauerbruch, Hans Rudolf Berndorff : That was my life. Kindler & Schiermeyer, Bad Wörishofen 1951; cited: Licensed edition for Bertelsmann Lesering, Gütersloh 1956, pp. 262–271, here: p. 263.
Web links
- Graefe's sign at whonamedit.com
