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de Musset sign: Rhythmic nodding or bobbing of the head in synchrony with the heart beat, a sign of aortic insufficiency --incompetence of the aortic valve with aortic regurgitation. The causes include syphilitic aortitis, rheumatic fever, and aortic aneurysm. Named after the French Romantic poet and playwright Alfred de Musset (1810-1857).
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The sign was described by the author Paul de Musset in an autobiography of his brother, who suffered from aorta failure. It was also described by Alfred de Musset in his ...
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de Musset's sign Musset's s. Ewart's sign bronchial breathing and dullness on percussion at the lower angle of the left scapula in pericardial effusion.
insufficiency /in·suf·fi·cien·cy/ (-sah-fish´in-se) inability to perform properly an allotted function. adrenal insufficiency 1. hypoadrenalism; abnormally ...