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Stellwag Med.|ˈstɛlvæg|
[The name of Carl Stellwag von Carion (1823–1904), Austrian ophthalmologist.]
Stellwag's sign: orig., retraction of the upper eyelid in thyrotoxicosis (called also Dalrymple's sign); now often applied to the diminished blinking that normally accompanies it.
1887Brit. Med. Jrnl. 26 Mar. 680/1 A married woman, aged 32, with marked retraction of the left upper eyelid (Stellwag's sign), no proptosis, and no goître. 1907Practitioner Nov. 733 [In exophthalmic goitre] the margins of the eyelids are unduly separated (Dalrymple's sign); the upper lid tardily follows the eyeball in its downward movements (von Graef[e]'s sign); there is diminished frequency of winking (Stellwag's sign). 1950R. I. Pritikin Essent. Ophthalm. vii. 321 Stellwag's sign—infrequent winking. 1973R. S. Dillon Handbk. Endocrinol. vi. 248/1 ‘Stellwag's sign’ is retraction of the upper eyelids producing apparent widening of the palpebral opening associated with infrequent and incomplete blinking. |