Riesman's sign explained

Riesman's sign is a clinical sign in which a bruit, or murmur, can be heard using a stethoscope over the closed eye.^[1] It is found in patients with Graves' disease.^[2]

The sign is named after David Riesman.

Notes and References

1. Book: White, Fred Ashley . Physical Signs in Medicine and Surgery: An Atlas of Rare, Lost and Forgotten Physical Signs : Includes a Collection of Extraordinary Papers in Medicine, Surgery and the Scientific Method . 2009 . Museum Press Books . 978-1-4415-0828-7 . en.
2. Dale Berg, Katherine Worzala. Atlas of adult physical diagnosis, page 31. Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, 2006. . Google books