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chandelier sign?

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snake0613
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06/18/05 - 05:35 AM

who can give me more explanation for it ?thanks

chemamr
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06/18/05 - 10:34 AM

chandelier sign: cervical motion tenderness (very characteristic in ectopic pregnancy or PID)

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ayeshah_l
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06/18/05 - 12:32 PM

actually in a pt. with PID when u touch the cervix it causes the patient a lot of pain, due to all that inflamation, and the patient jumps towards the ceiling ...towards the chandelier!!!!!.... thus chandelier sign! smiling face

Vai
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06/18/05 - 02:19 PM

i believe that the chandelier is the cervix "attached to the ceiling" of vagina

mdwannabe
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06/19/05 - 02:16 PM

nope...ayeshah is correct. its because of pain...the patient jumps on to the chandelier.

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09/13/05 - 08:35 AM

cervical motion tenderness in patients with PID is called Chandeleir sign

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