Lasegue, Ernest C.

Lasègue,

Ernest C., French physician, 1816-1883. Lasègue disease - obsolete eponym for delusions of persecution.Lasègue maneuverLasègue sign - when patient is supine with hip flexed, dorsiflexion of the ankle causes pain or muscle spasm in the posterior thigh indicates lumbar root or sciatic nerve irritation.Lasègue syndrome - in conversion hysteria, inability to move an anesthetic limb except under control of the sight.