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Emergency medicine

bruise-like discolouration of the flanks associated with retroperitoneal bleeding, first described in acute pancreatitis.

In emergency medicine, Grey Turner sign refers to bruise-like discolouration of the flanks associated with retroperitoneal bleeding, first described in acute pancreatitis. This meaning comes from Turner (1919) in Journal of British Surgery.[1]

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Turner, G. G. (1919). Local discoloration of the abdominal wall as a sign of acute pancreatitis. Journal of British Surgery, 7(27), 394-395. https://doi.org/10.1002/bjs.1800072711

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