Payr sign (angiology)
The Payr sign is a clinical sign of deep vein thrombosis . It is named after the doctor Erwin Payr (1871–1946).
Implementation and evaluation
The examiner presses the sole of the foot of the affected leg with his fingers. A plantar side ( plantar ) Pressure pain, in particular in pressure on the foot-inside ( medial ) may be an expression of a deep vein thrombosis.
As with other clinical tests for deep vein thrombosis, the specificity of the Payr sign is high, but the sensitivity is low. If a leg vein thrombosis is suspected, this is detected or excluded using color-coded Doppler sonography .
Other clinical signs of deep vein thrombosis are Meyer's sign and Homans' sign .
Individual evidence
- ↑ Malte Ludwig: Angiology in Clinic and Practice. Thieme, 1998, ISBN 3-13-110191-1 , p. 187.
- ^ S2 guidelines for the diagnosis and treatment of venous thrombosis and pulmonary embolism of the German Society for Angiology. In: AWMF online (as of 2010)