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Medical condition
Riesman's sign
Differential diagnosisGraves' disease

Riesman's sign is a clinical sign in which a bruit, or murmur, can be heard using a stethoscope over the closed eye. It is found in patients with Graves' disease.

The sign is named after David Riesman.

References

  1. White, Fred Ashley (2009). Physical Signs in Medicine and Surgery: An Atlas of Rare, Lost and Forgotten Physical Signs : Includes a Collection of Extraordinary Papers in Medicine, Surgery and the Scientific Method. Museum Press Books. ISBN 978-1-4415-0828-7.
  2. Dale Berg, Katherine Worzala. Atlas of adult physical diagnosis, page 31. Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, 2006. ISBN 978-0-7817-4190-3. Google books
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