Funtabulously Frivolous Friday Five 012

Just when you thought your brain could unwind on a Friday, you realise that it would rather be challenged with some good old fashioned medical trivia. The format is starting to take shape – we will be trying to post questions on:

  • Rare or eponymous syndromes
  • Medical history or biography
  • Bizarre and ‘out there’ medical trivia to baffle your colleagues

Question 1

  • What is Stellwag’s sign?

[DDET Reveal Answer]

  • Infrequent and incomplete blinking of the eye
  • Associated with exophthalmos or Graves orbitopathy
  • It is most often associated with Dalrymple’s sign – retraction of the upper eyelids resulting in an apparent widened
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Graduated from University of Sydney (Bachelor of Science/Bachelor of Commerce) in 2005, but has now seen the light! Now spends all waking hours preparing for internship, researching, blogging and eclecticizing... + Tharsa Thillainadesan | Contact

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