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Tillaux' sign

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A clinical sign. The presence of a resonant area between the pubic bone and a tumour is indicative of a tumour being mesenteric.

La présence d’une zone sonore à la percussion entre le pubis et une tumeur abdominale est en faveur de la nature mésentérique de celle ci.

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