Arahams' sign
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Auscultation phenomenon over the acromial part of the clavicle: rales and other adventitious sounds indicating progress from incipient to advanced tuberculosis. These sounds can often not be heard in auscultation of the apex of the lung at typical sites.
Bibliography
- R. Abrahams:
Auscultation at the akromion process: Its significance in apical disease.
Archives of Diagnosis, 1913, 6: 111-113.
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