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{{Short description|Medical sign with high frequency in Ehlers–Danlos syndrome}} |
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[[File:Gorlin's sign in a case of EDS.png|thumb|Gorlin's sign]] |
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In [[medicine]], '''Gorlin [[sign (medicine)|sign]]''' is the ability to touch the tip of the [[Human nose|nose]] with the [[tongue]].<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20070813174048/http://cancerweb.ncl.ac.uk/cgi-bin/omd?Gorlin%27s+sign Gorlin's sign] - cancerweb.ncl.ac.uk.</ref> Approximately ten percent of the general population can perform this act, whereas fifty percent of people with the inherited connective tissue disorder, [[Ehlers-Danlos syndrome]], can. Not to be confused with [[Gorlin Syndrome]]; it is named for [[Robert J. Gorlin]].<ref>{{WhoNamedIt|doctor|358}}</ref> |
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'''Gorlin’s sign''' is a medical term that indicates the ability in humans to touch the tip of the nose with the [[tongue]].<ref name=Kassam2014>{{cite journal |last1=Kassam |first1=Karim |last2=Cascarini |first2=Luke |title=Gorlin’s sign |journal=BMJ |date=6 March 2014 |volume=348 |pages=g1786 |doi=10.1136/bmj.g1786 |url=https://www.bmj.com/content/348/bmj.g1786 |language=en |issn=1756-1833|url-access=subscription}}</ref> Approximately ten percent of the general population can perform this act, but fifty percent of people with [[Ehlers–Danlos syndrome]] (an inherited connective tissue disorder) have the ability. The sign is named after pathologist [[Robert J. Gorlin]], who described it in twentieth century medical literature.<ref>{{WhoNamedIt|doctor|358}}</ref> |
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Gorlin's sign should not be confused with [[Gorlin syndrome]], a serious inherited medical condition also named after the same pathologist. |
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*[http://dermatlas.med.jhmi.edu/derm/result.cfm?Diagnosis=-903490152] DermAtlas (from Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions) |
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{{Eponymous medical signs for muscles and soft tissue}} |
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* {{cite web| url= http://dermatlas.med.jhmi.edu/derm/result.cfm?Diagnosis=-903490152 |title= Gorlin sign scar| archiveurl= https://web.archive.org/web/20071017025442/http://dermatlas.med.jhmi.edu/derm/result.cfm?Diagnosis=-903490152| website= DermAtlas | publisher= Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions| date= | archivedate= 2007-10-17| access-date= }} |
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Latest revision as of 20:45, 5 November 2024
Gorlin’s sign is a medical term that indicates the ability in humans to touch the tip of the nose with the tongue.[1] Approximately ten percent of the general population can perform this act, but fifty percent of people with Ehlers–Danlos syndrome (an inherited connective tissue disorder) have the ability. The sign is named after pathologist Robert J. Gorlin, who described it in twentieth century medical literature.[2]
Gorlin's sign should not be confused with Gorlin syndrome, a serious inherited medical condition also named after the same pathologist.
References
[edit]- ^ Kassam, Karim; Cascarini, Luke (6 March 2014). "Gorlin's sign". BMJ. 348: g1786. doi:10.1136/bmj.g1786. ISSN 1756-1833.
- ^ doctor/358 at Who Named It?
External links
[edit]- "Gorlin sign scar". DermAtlas. Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions. Archived from the original on 2007-10-17.