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Oliver's sign, or the tracheal tug sign, is an abnormal downward movement of the trachea during systole that can indicate a dilation or aneurysm of the aortic arch.
Oliver's sign is elicited by gently grasping the cricoid cartilage and applying upward pressure while the patient stands with his or her chin extended upward. Due to the anatomic position of the aortic arch, which overrides the left main bronchus, a downward tug of the trachea may be felt if an aneurysm is present.
The sign was first described by English military surgeon William Silver Oliver in 1878.
See also
Eponymous medical signs for circulatory system Heart disease Systolic heart murmur: benign paediatric heart murmur (Still's murmur)
Diastolic heart murmur: pulmonic regurgitation (Graham Steell murmur) · aortic insufficiency (Austin Flint murmur) carey coombs murmurWatson's water hammer pulse/Corrigan pulse · De Musset's sign · Duroziez's sign · Müller's sign · Quincke's sign · Austin Flint murmur · Mayne's signOther endocardiumOtherGallavardin phenomenonVascular disease aortic aneurysm (Cardarelli's sign, Oliver's sign) · pulmonary embolism (McConnell's sign) · radial artery sufficiency (Allen's test) · pseudohypertension (Osler's sign) · thrombus (Lines of Zahn)
Adson's sign · arteriovenous fistula (Nicoladoni sign)Friedreich's sign · Caput medusae · Kussmaul's sign · DVT (Bancroft's sign, Homans sign, Lisker's sign, Louvel's sign, Lowenberg's sign, Pratt's sign, Rose's sign) · Trendelenburg's test · superior vena cava syndrome (Pemberton's sign)Categories:- Symptoms and signs: Vascular
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