Wartenberg sign

Wartenberg sign

(vahr'ten-berg),

a collection of signs including flexion of the thumb when the patient attempts to flex the four fingers against resistance, a "pyramid sign"; intense itching of the tip of the nose and nostrils in cases of cerebral tumor.

Wartenberg,

Robert, German neurologist, 1887-1956.

Wartenberg sign

Wartenberg symptom - intense pruritus of the tip of the nose and nostrils in cases of cerebral tumor.