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Damoiseau-Ellis line
Also known as:
Damoiseau’s curve
Ellis’ sign
Ellis-Damoiseau line
Ellis-Damoiseau’s parabolic curve
Garland’s curve
Associated persons:
Louis Hyacinthe Céleste Damoiseau
Calvin Ellis
George Minott Garland
Description:
The upper limit of the percutatory demonstrable upper limit of a pleuritic exudate. A characteristic parabolic line of which the highest point is in the middle axillary line.
Garland’s curve is entered as Garland’s triangle under George Minott Garland, American internist, 1848-1926.
We thank Ms. J. C. Ellis, HMC, USN Retired, in Crescent City, California for correcting an error.
Bibliography:
- L. H. C. Damoiseau:
Recherches cliniques sur plusieurs points du diagnostic des épanchements.
Extrait des Archives générales de médecine, Paris, 1844.
Du diagnostic et du traitement de la pléresie. Paris, 1845.
- C. Ellis:
The line of dulness in pleurite effusion.
Boston Medical and Surgical Journal, 1874, 90: 13-14.
The curved line of pleuritic effusion.
Boston Medical and Surgical Journal, 1876, 95: 689-697.
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