Beevor's sign
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Beevor's sign is the movement of the navel towards the head on flexing the neck. It is caused by weakness of the lower abdominal muscles.
[edit] Pathophysiology
Beevor’s sign is characteristic of spinal cord injury at the T10 level. It has also been described in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis and facioscapulohumeral muscular dystrophy.
[edit] History
Named after Charles Edward Beevor, English neurologist (1854–1908).
[edit] References
- Awerbuch GI, Nigro MA, Wishnow R (1990). "Beevor's sign and facioscapulohumeral dystrophy". Arch Neurol 47 (11): 1208–9. PMID 2146943
- Pearce JM (2005). "Beevor's sign". Eur Neurol 53 (4): 208–9. doi:. PMID 16015010
- Tashiro K (2001). "Charles Edward Beevor (1854-1908)". J Neurol 248 (7): 635–6. doi:. PMID 11518013
