Grey-Turner's sign

Grey-Turner's sign

Grey-Turner's sign refers to bruising of the flanks.

This sign takes 24-48 hours to appear and predicts a severe attack of acute pancreatitis, with mortality rising from 8-10% to 40%.

It may be accompanied by Cullen's sign, which may then be indicative of Pancreatic necrosis with retroperitoneal or intraabdominal bleeding.

It is named for British surgeon George Grey Turner. [WhoNamedIt|synd|3347] [G. G. Turner. Local discoloration of abdominal wall as a sign of acute pancreatitis. British Journal of Surgery, London, 1920, 7: 394-395.]

Causes

Causes include
* acute pancreatitis, whereby methaemalbumin formed from digested blood tracks subcutaneously around the abdomen from the inflamed pancreas
* blunt abdominal trauma
* ruptured abdominal aortic aneurysm.
* Ruptured/ hemorrhagic ectopic pregnancy.
*spontaneous bleeding secondary to coagulopathy (congenital or acquired)

References

External links

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