Maranon's sign

Ma·ra·ñon's sign

(mär′ən-yōnz′)

n.

An indication of Graves' disease in which a vasomotor reaction occurs following stimulation of the skin over the throat.

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Marañón sign

A rarely evoked clinical sign said to be common in Graves disease, which consists of a vasomotor response when the skin overlying the thyroid gland is stroked. It is little used in the working medical parlance.

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