Frank's sign
Spotted this recent post by Wuchereria in his new blog. I learnt a new sign - Frank's sign. He highlighted that this is a great sign to impress the examiner!
"I just got back from Hong Kong recently for a holiday.During a morning of breakfast, while I looked around I noticed this man who was sitting eating 'Tim Sum' and I am sure he has coronary artery disease.
There was obvious Frank's sign.
Frank's sign is a diagonal crease in the lobule of the auricle :
Grade 3 - a deep cleft across the whole earlobe
Grade 2a - crease more than halfway across the lobe
Grade 2b - crease across the lobe, but superficial
Grade 1 - lesser degree of wrinkling
Ear lobe creases are associated statistically with coronary artery disease in most of the population groups."
Labels: Cardiovascular
posted by Dr. David Teoh @ 8/27/2008 06:47:00 PM
3 Comments:
Ear creases are associated with increased risk of Cardiovascular disease in people selected by attending a cardiologists clinic. It does not hold true for an unselected population.
The observation is now used mainly when teaching the pitfalls of reading a medical paper.
what's the pathophysiology association between ear creases with cardiovascular ds?
Dr David, please continue to upload your clinical experiences on this blog! It is a real gem. Thank you very much!
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