Abadie's sign of exophthalmic goiter

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Abadie's sign of exophthalmic goiter

Photo showing Abadie's sign of exopthalmic goiter in a man with Graves' disease
Differential diagnosis	Graves-Basedow disease

Abadie's sign of exophthalmic goiter is a medical sign characterized by spasm of the levator palpebrae superioris muscle with retraction of the upper lid (so that sclera is visible above cornea) seen in Graves-Basedow disease which, together with exophthalmos causes the bulging eyes appearance.

References

Bhat, Sriram; M, Sriram Bhat (30 December 2012). SRB's Manual of Surgery. JP Medical Ltd. p. 1277. ISBN 978-93-5025-944-3.
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Whitworth, Judith A.; Firkin, Barry G. (1996). Dictionary of medical eponyms. New York: Parthenon Pub. ISBN 1-85070-333-7.

Graves' disease	Signs and symptoms Abadie's sign of exophthalmic goiter Boston's sign Dalrymple's sign Stellwag's sign lid lag Griffith's sign Möbius sign Pretibial myxedema Graves' ophthalmopathy

Enlargement

v t e Signs and symptoms and relating to the eye
Adnexa	lacrimal: Schirmer's test eyelid: Abadie's sign of exophthalmic goiter Boston's sign Dalrymple's sign Stellwag's sign
Globe	pupil: Argyll Robertson pupils Adie pupil Marcus Gunn pupil cornea: Fleischer ring Kayser–Fleischer ring Hudson–Stahli line iris: Brushfield spots Lisch nodule conjunctiva: Bitot's spots Arlt's line retina: Hollenhorst plaque Roth's spot Fuchs spot others: Alexander's law Hirschberg test Siegrist streaks

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