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Fox's sign
Associated persons:
George Henry Fox
Description:
A sign in haemorrhagic pancreatitis: ecchymosis of the inguinal ligament due to blood tracking from the retroperitoneum and collecting at the inguinal ligament.
Bibliography:
- Cyril Havard:
Medical Eponyms. Diseases, Syndromes and Signs.
Barry Rose Law Publishers Ltd, Little London, Chichester, West Sussex, 1998.
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