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Troisier's node or sign
Also known as:
Troisier's ganglion
Virchow's node
Associated persons:
Charles Emile Troisier
Rudolf Ludwig Karl Virchow
Description:
Palpable enlargement of left supraclavicular lymph nodes (Troisier's node or ganglion), due to deposits of cancer cells that have metastasised from an obscurely located primary cancer, usually carcinoma of stomach or lung.
We thank Michael Murphy for information submitted.
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