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Fig. 2: Method of eliciting collapsing pulse

• Hill’s sign—popliteal cuff systolic pressure exceeding
brachial cuff systolic pressure by more than 20 mm Hg.
• Corrigan’s neck sign—prominent visible carotid
pulsations in the neck.
• De Musset’s sign—to and fro motion of the head.
• Landolfi’s sign—change in size of the pupil.
• Muller’s sign—pulsations of the uvula.
• Lighthouse sign—alternate blanching and flushing
of the face.
• Quincke’s sign—alternate paling and flushing of
lightly compressed nailbed.
• Duroziez’s sign—systolic murmur heard over the
femoral artery when it is compressed proximally and
a diastolic murmur when it is compressed distally.
• Traube’s sign—booming systolic and diastolic sounds
over the femoral artery.
• Rosenbach’s sign—pulsations of the liver.
• Gerhardt’s sign—pulsations of an enlarged spleen.