Troisier's sign

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Troisier's sign is finding a hard, enlarged, left supraclavicular lymph node. Said to be pathognomonic of abdominal cancers, in particular gastric cancer.

Virchow's node is the node commonly palpated for to elicit Troisier's sign.

Troisier's sign is named after the French pathologist Charles Emile Troisier.

[edit] See also

  • Troisier-Hanot-Chauffard syndrome

[edit] References

doctor/1709 at Who Named It

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