Joffroy's sign

Joffroy's sign
Differential diagnosisGraves disease

Joffroy's sign is a clinical sign in which there is a lack of wrinkling of the forehead when a patient looks up with the head bent forwards. It occurs in patients with exophthalmos in Graves disease.

The sign is named after Alexis Joffroy.

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