Stellwag sign
The Stellwag sign is a typical symptom of endocrine orbitopathy . It describes the pathologically reduced blinking frequency that occurs. In clinical practice this is measured in blinking / minute. The sign was named after the Austrian ophthalmologist Karl Stellwag von Carion (1823–1904).
Other clinical signs of endocrine orbithopathy are the Graefe sign , the Dalrymple sign , the Kocher sign, and the Möbius sign .
See also
Individual proof
- ^ Franz Grehn: Ophthalmology. 30th, revised and updated edition. Springer Medicine, Heidelberg 2008, ISBN 978-3-540-75264-6 , pp. 324-325, online here .
