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2024
Pratt's_sign
Pratt's sign
English
Proper noun
Pratt
's
sign
(
pathology
)
An
indication
of
femoral
deep vein thrombosis
: it is the presence of
dilated
pretibial
veins
in the affected leg, which remain dilated on raising the leg.
Etymology
Described in 1949 by American surgeon Gerald H. Pratt (1928–2006).
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