Beevors Sign

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Still image from the video shows a Beevor sign in a 45-year-old man with late-onset Pompe disease. The Beevor sign is due to a weakness of the caudal part of the rectus abdominis muscle with relative sparing of the cranial part.

Diagnosis of a spinal cord vascular lesion via Beevor's sign. (A) Position of the umbilicus at rest. (B) Upward movement of the umbilicus (∼1 cm) when the patient contracts the abdominal muscles while trying to sit up.

• Beevor's Sign Test
• Beevors Sign Test
• Beevor Sign
• Umbilical Deviation Test
• Abdominal Muscle Test
• Spinal Cord Lesion Sign
• Beevor’s Test
• Thoracic Neurological Sign
• Segmental Abdominal Weakness Test

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Purpose

• Evaluate for injury or paralysis to the rectus abdominis muscle

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Description

• The patient is supine
• The patient is asked to either flex their neck or sit-up without using their arms
• Examiner observes the umbilicus
• Normal
  • Umbilicus stays in place
• Abnormal
  • Umbilicus moves upward

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Pathology

• Rectus Abdominis Injury

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Evidence

• Unknown

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See Also

• Abdominal Pain Main
• Physical Exam Abdomen
• Abdominal Anatomy Main

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