| stierlin sign | <radiology> Terminal ileum empties directly into stenotic ascending colon with non-opacification of the fibrotic and contracted caecum, associated with tuberculous involvement of the ileocaecum (12 Dec 1998) |
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| Stierlin's sign | <clinical sign> Repeated emptying of the caecum, seen radiographically, with barium remaining in the terminal part of the ileum and in the transverse colon; due to irritation of the caecum, sometimes caused by tuberculous cecitis (typhilitis). (05 Mar 2000) |
| Stierlin, Eduard | <person> German surgeon, 1878-1919. See: Stierlin's sign. (05 Mar 2000) |