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Definition of Macewen sign
Macewen sign definition - medical term
A sign to detect
hydr
ocephalus and brain abscess. Percussion (tapping) on
the skull at a particular spot (near the junction of the
frontal, temporal and parietal bones) yields an unusually
resonant sound in the presence of hydrocephalus or a brain
abscess.
Named for Sir William Macewen (1848-1924), a
surgeon in Glascow, Scotland who also described Macewen's
operation for inguinal hernia.
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