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A patient with a nodular thyroid swelling is suspected to have hypehyroidism. On examination there was absence of wrinkling on forehead when looking upwards with face inclined downwards. Which term denote this sign?

A
Von Graefe's sign
B
Joffrey's sign
C
Stellwag's sign
D
Moebius sign
High-Yield Explanation
Von Graefe's sign - upper eye lid lags behind the eyeball when the patient looks down. Stellwag's sign - Staring look with infrequent blinking of eyes and widening of palpebral fissure. Moebius sign - Inability to converge eyeball Joffroy's sign - Absence of wrinkling of forehead when the patient looks upwards with face inclined downwards. Ref: Das, 5th Edition, Page 291.

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